Artists rejoice! A new cadmium-free paint has just hit the market. Popular paint brand Liquitex showcased a new range of colors this past weekend at Art Materials World, part of the NAMTA art fair in ...

Even though cadmium is considered a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it is still used to give some plastics and ceramics red, orange, or yellow hues. That’s ...

Comparing cadmium and cadmium-free Liquitex paints. (All images courtesy of Colart International Ltd.) Art has always been about risk taking, but it shouldn’t have to mean risking your health. While ...

WE have received from Messrs. Johnson and Matthey, Hatton Garden, London, E.C.I, a copy of a booklet on cadmium pigments. These have cadmium sulphide as a basis, and the sulphide itself can be ...

The world has never had a truly safe, stable, and bright red pigment. The trail may start with YlnMn, the first blue created in two centuries. By Zach Schonbrun Mas Subramanian, the biggest celebrity ...

New insight into paint preservation could help “The Scream” show its face in public again. Edvard Munch’s 1910 version of this iconic artwork has rarely been displayed since 2006 because the ...