99% Invisible

347- The Many Deaths of a Painting

99% Invisible ›

40:47 | Mar 27th, 2019

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When Barnett Newman’s painting Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III was placed in the Stedelijk museum it was meant to be provocative, but one reaction that it received was so intense, so violent,...Show More



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mm recommended:Jan 21st, 2020

Man destroys one of those single-colour-on-canvas paintings. Another man restores it. And it goes way downhill from there. Also, atomic oxygen from space used to restore paintings sounds way cool. This is definitely going on my list of of favourite episodes of all time!

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mmFeb 15th, 2020

This is the one about the painting that was slashed! @amarillopopis

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rmmiller364 recommended:Jan 13th, 2020

An excellent episode about non-representational art, art vandalism, and the shady world of art restoration.

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mmJan 21st, 2020

@rmmiller364 This was a FANTASTIC episode 🎉. I loved it so much. Laughed at Roman Mars’ “98% Restoration” which turned out to be negative percent restoration.

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rmmiller364Jan 21st, 2020

@mm it’s one of my favorites!

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