American artist Ron English plans to whitewash a Banksy work he bought for $730,000 to protest the commercialization of street art. English was the winning bidder of Banksy’s Slave Labour (2012) at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whitewashing is a technique to create a distressed look on wood using diluted paint, a candle, or a scraper. Proper preparation of ...

I read your explanation for green shutters on the second floor and white on the first floor (Scribbler, Nov. 27). The explanation I was told years ago by a Lancaster tour guide was much simpler. The ...

In his article in yesterday’s New York Times on the National Museum of China in Beijing, Ian Johnson could not refrain from pointing to the ideological tinge given to the history on display there.

I’m departing from my usual question-and-answer format this week because I was blessed to have an interesting email exchange with one of my newsletter subscribers. I want to share it with you as an ...

Q. Over the years, I have spent thousands of dollars trying to keep my brick home painted. I have bought the best paint and hired professional painters, only to have the paint peel after just a few ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused President Donald Trump on Thursday of trying to “whitewash” history after workers removed slavery exhibits near Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. That ...