from North Carolina Museum of Art
Revolution in Paint
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In conjunction with an exhibition of paintings by Monet, the North Carolina Museum of Art has put together a concurrent exhibition - Revolution in Paint - which attempts to map the break with traditional academy-style painting at the end of the 19th-century onto contemporaneous developments in pigment and paint technology. Quoting from the exhibition guide:

"Revolution is based on a simple premise: A radical change in artist’s pigments during the 19th century enabled a revolution in painting. The exhibition explores the innovations of the impressionists—with special emphasis on their choice of pigments—as well the academic traditions against which the impressionist rebelled."

What may be of interest is that the exhibition is curated by Perry Hurt, who is a conservator at the museum. Links here to the online exhibition supplement (warning : PDF, 12MB) and a short news article write-up (The News & Observer)

[ Thanks to the Conservation DistList for the prior alert. ]