--- title: 2019_Strebe_Financial Times_Ahuja date: 2019-10-08T15:12:20-04:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-financial-times-ahuja" section: News --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) Science sets out to conquer the contested art of darkness Financial Times Sep 24, 2019 Research findings are rarely black and white but this one is a genuine exception. Research findings are rarely black and white but this one is a genuine exception. Scientists in the US claim to have created the blackest material ever recorded. The light-snaring creation — a miniature forest of carbon nanotubes grown on blackened aluminium foil — captures 99.995 per cent of light falling on to it. Since virtually none is reflected back to the observer’s eye, it looks like a peculiar void. “Blackest black” made its public debut this month at the New York Stock Exchange, in an art installation, “The Redemption of Vanity”. Diemut Strebe, artist-in-residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Art, Science and Technology, used it to coat a $2m vivid yellow diamond, rendering the gem virtually invisible against a black backdrop. [Read more here.](https://www.ft.com/content/8f869eae-df77-11e9-b8e0-026e07cbe5b4) Related News & Press Sep 21, 2019 [ ![190917 The Redemption Of Vanity Se 510P 0742F4C0B21Af9D910C607F7770B1Cd1 Fit 2000W](/assets/exhibition_images/190917-the-redemption-of-vanity-se-510p_0742f4c0b21af9d910c607f7770b1cd1.fit-2000w_191008_165329.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-good-news-network-staff) Sep 21, 2019 Good News Network [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [MIT Scientists Accidentally Discover ‘Blackest Black’ Material Ever, Inspired by Artist Who Uses it to Amaze Audiences](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-good-news-network-staff) Sep 19, 2019 [ ![Image From Ios 5 1024X768](/assets/exhibition_images/image_from_ios-5-1024x768.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-chunn-artnews-armstrong) Sep 19, 2019 Artnews [Nancy Chunn](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/nancy-chun) [‘We’ve Been at This for a Long Time’: Artists in ‘We Make America’ Collective Join Climate Strike](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-chunn-artnews-armstrong) Sep 18, 2019 [ ![190917 The Redemption Of Vanity Se 510P 0742F4C0B21Af9D910C607F7770B1Cd1 Fit 2000W](/assets/exhibition_images/190917-the-redemption-of-vanity-se-510p_0742f4c0b21af9d910c607f7770b1cd1.fit-2000w.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-nbc-news-chow) Sep 18, 2019 NBC News [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [New 'blackest black' material absorbs 99.995 percent of light](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-nbc-news-chow) Sep 16, 2019 [ ![Mit Vitrine E1568749223782 768X1024](/assets/exhibition_images/MIT-Vitrine-e1568749223782-768x1024.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-artnet-kinsella) Sep 16, 2019 Artnet [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [Sorry, Anish Kapoor: MIT Scientists Made the Blackest Black Ever Invented, and an Artist Just Used It to Do Something Magical](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2019/2019-strebe-artnet-kinsella) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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