Mingei International Museum’s bold, new exhibition Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo celebrates magical transformation of plants into color. It is the color of ocean tides, a starry dusk sky, and a pair of vintage Levi’s. Indigo blue is all around, but harnessing this hue is a complex feat of chemistry and botanical transformation. The exhibition Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo, opened at Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park combines art, craft, science, and history to explore this color’s past and present and is open to the public now.
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