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Sorry Mattrom
The MPRS vote is for #17

[I liked faiton@20 but like it even more now following Aristo’s noting of the Andres Serrano reference, sorry I missed it]

3: mathprof@2
2: jono@21
1: jimmygtal@32


Chess online, jimmygtal. Yes indeed. I'm habo on ICC and phaber on lichess.

jono @37: 3
aristo @13: 2
mathprof@2: 1

Jono @ 37 - 3 points
Paul @ 18 - 2
Tyke @ 25 - 1

Thanks to everyone who contributed so many great clues this weekend. With all votes cast, the wide-spread tally is;
1 vote each for paul 6, buddy 10&11, dorrien 12, spike 23&34, jono31
2 for paul 18
3 for mprs 17
4 for paul 5 and spike 24
5 for mprs 2, tyke 25 and spike 47
6 for aristo 13, jimmy 32 and jono 37
Third place goes to jono 21 with 7 votes
Second to faiton 20 with 8 votes.......
and this week's winner, with 10 votes, is paulh 42 with his succinct late entry

Quietly mix a tin of emulsion (5)

Well done, paul! Here is your prize, though some may dispute the choices;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y65_Qs1Wq0w

and a cautionary tale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKfjHTk8KrY

Cheers

congrats paulh & thanks mattrom.

Interesting. The preference voting scheme really got a workout. The winning clue never got the most votes from anyone, but appeared on 9 ballots whereas no other clue appeared on more than 5.

Well done Paulh - thanks for a good contest Mattrom - nice clips but I don`t recommend painting with Radium!
Thanks Spike2, Jimmygtal, Paul & MPRS, good to see the votes spread around.

Congrats paulH. Thanks mattrom.

When I saw the titles of your clips, I thought "quibble time", but no. I can think of other paintings to include, but really can't argue with the ones chosen, and I have seen several of them in life. I'm particularly pleased that the commentary pointed out that the Night Watch was so-called because of the brown varnish. (I prefer Ghirlandiao's* Last suppers to Leonardo's, but that's not a generally-held opinion.)

One minor point on the second one: it's not lead that is ground up to make lead white, but basic lead carbonate.

*http://www.travelingintuscany.com/art/ghirlandaio/lastsupperfrescoes.htm

We saw a Hopper exhibition in London a few years ago. They were fascinating. Every picture featured windows and/or doors, and if there was more than one person present, they weren't looking at each other. I wonder what psychology this represents?

Well done, PaulH, neat clue. Thanks for officiating, Mattrom.

Thanks to Tyke51, Jono, Jimmyg, Fieryjack, Paul and Aristo for the votes. Greatly appreciated.