Pearl Paint on Canal Street, the shop famous for its checkered red and white facade and affordable, specialized art supplies, closed last week. Workers were fired, possibly illegally. Meanwhile, the ...

Less than two weeks ago the first rumors surfaced that Pearl Paint on Canal Street was shuttering, and by the end of last week the store did indeed shut its doors. It was a tearful goodbye, according ...

When it comes to paint, "pearl" is a term used to identify a type of paint that offers a shimmer rather than the sparkle of a "flake" or "metallic" job. It was all the rage back in the late '50s when ...

Pearl Paint is the kind of art supply house that could inspire you to quit your work-a-day life and begin anew as a trust-fund dilettante. As a retail resource, it inspires superlatives: The Mecca of ...