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Golden Artist Colors
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic
Professional-grade heavy body acrylic with a buttery, oil-like consistency. Manufactured in New Berlin, New York since 1980, the range offers more than 90 colors in a formulation designed for maximum pigment load and permanence. Widely used by contemporary painters working in acrylic.
Artists who use this(3)
Helen Frankenthaler
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“Frankenthaler later transitioned to Golden acrylics and other water-based acrylics as Magna production declined. Documented in conservation studies and studio accounts.”
Kerry James Marshall
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“Marshall uses Golden acrylic paints for his large-scale figurative paintings. He has discussed his materials, particularly the deepest black pigments he employs, in published interviews.”
Yayoi Kusama
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“Kusama uses acrylic paint for her dot paintings and infinity net works. Her use of high-quality acrylics is documented in retrospective exhibition catalogs.”
Last updated March 7, 2026