Controversy, theft, recovery, repair, and now...display! Cut from its frame, ripped from its backing, rolled up, and stolen from a museum in Arizona, Willem de Kooning’s "Woman-Ochre" has been through a lot. When the painting was discovered in an antique store in Silver City, New Mexico 30 years later, it needed extensive repairs. Since 2017, it has been in the care of Getty art conservators who have been at work mending the torn canvas and painstakingly restoring the composition. See the painting and get into the details of the amazing conservation process in a new exhibition at the Getty Center "Conserving de Kooning: Theft and Recovery" open now through August 28, 2022. 🏷: #DeKooning #ArtConservation #gettymuseum 🖼 Woman-Ochre, 1954–1955, Willem de Kooning. Oil on canvas, 40 × 30 in. Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson. Gift of Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. © 2022 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York