Van Dyck Brown 

Editor: Here we see Van Dyck Brown, manufactured by Winsor & Newton. It's a jar of pigment next to a color calibration chart. I’m struck by the implied relationship between industrial production and artistic creation. What does this pairing suggest to you? Curator: It highlights the commercialization of art. Winsor & Newton and similar companies have long influenced artistic practices by controlling the availability and promotion of specific colors. How does this impact the artist's agency? Editor: So the artist's choice of materials is, in a way, shaped by market forces? That's something to consider. Curator: Exactly. We often overlook these influences when admiring a finished painting, but understanding them can illuminate the context in which art is made and received.