Ad Reinhardt in his New York studio in 1955.
The show, "Imageless," at the Guggenheim Museum starts with a story about a gift to the museum of one of Reinhardt’s “Black Paintings.” The black paintings are delicate: the mere touch of a finger leaves a permanent imprint. Their fragility contributed to them being perceived, and valued, as pure things in a corrupted world.
From an article by Holland Cotter in the New York Times.Photo: Photograph by Walter Rosenblum. Thomas Hess papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
If you're interested in hearing some background information about the "Imageless" exhibition and the science behind the restoration of the Black Painting, I recommend listening to the New York Academy of Sciences' Podcast about "Imageless." It features Carol Stringari, the Chief Conservator at the Guggenheim. You can listen to that here.
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