westmontster t1_j7ww3p4 wrote on February 9, 2023 at 11:46 PM

My favorite part of that(four-month old) story is that they are going to continue hanging it upside down because if they hang it right side up, the aging that has already affected the painted surface will become more accelerated

jeanettera t1_j7xst78 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:56 AM

Not painted??

westmontster t1_j7y0ufu wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:10 AM

from the article, it seems to be some sort of adhesive tape over a painted surface.

> Part of the problem is that unlike most of Mondrian’s earlier works, New York City I does not bear the artist’s signature, possibly because he hadn’t deemed it finished.

> In spite of all the evidence pointing to the work being currently displayed upside down, the work will be shown the way it has hung for 75 years in the new Mondrian. Evolution show that opens in Düsseldorf on Saturday.

> “The adhesive tapes are already extremely loose and hanging by a thread,” Meyer-Büser said. “If you were to turn it upside down now, gravity would pull it into another direction. And it’s now part of the work’s story