Even if you don't know what paint "alligatoring" is, you've probably seen it. Maybe you've even wondered if it's more likely ...

Showcasing the Romantic artist's early innovations with oil paint, "The Rising Squall" could fetch up to $400,000. Before it ...

Over time these react with negatively charged components of oil called fatty acids, which have been severed from the rest of the oil molecules by light, heat and humidity. This process, known as ...

The research team prepared model paints comprising linseed oil – a drying oil commonly used by artists – egg yolk and either lead white (LW) or synthetic ultramarine blue (UB) pigments. “These ...