Siena: The Rise of Painting at the National Gallery review: 'a blockbuster of a show'
This solid gold exhibition celebrates the astonishing period 1300-1350 in the Italian city of Siena, which matched opulence, ...
'Painting the community:' John Hardrick's art chronicled 20th-century Black cultural life
A new Indiana State Museum exhibit shows painter John Hardrick's dedication to family, art and labor as he chronicled life in ...
"Indiana Jones of the Art World" helps police solve mystery of famous painting that vanished from museum in 1974
Police say they have cracked the case of the disappearance of a Brueghel painting from a museum 51 years ago -- with the help of the "Indiana Jones of the Art World." ...
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Canadian Pastors Struggle to Address Assisted Death
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Why Oscar Wilde’s Play About a Biblical Temptress Was Banned From the British Stage for Decades
"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphs into bloodlust ...
'Something stirring beneath the surface': What eight ghostly portraits found hidden inside masterpieces reveal
In the past month alone, shadowy portraits have been found hidden in longstanding masterpieces by Titian and Picasso. What ...
A ‘razzle-dazzle’ exhibit, death masks, local artists and more on display at Ulrich
Jo Reinart, the curator at the Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus, offered a quick take on the 25 ...
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'Something stirring beneath the surface': What eight ghostly portraits found hidden inside masterpieces reveal
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1608. But that is hardly the only time the Italian master inserted a semblance of himself into his paintings. In 2009, scholars using advanced ...
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A ‘razzle-dazzle’ exhibit, death masks, local artists and more on display at Ulrich
Jo Reinert, the curator at the Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State ... He also created various series of death masks of figures like iconic filmmaker John Ford and the short-lived cartoon ...
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Murder in the Margins: Cain and Abel on the Ghent Altarpiece
Indeed, it’s not unlike an encyclopedia entry that, apart from noting dates of birth and death, usually boils ... showing us that significance and John the Baptist on Jesus’s left calling ...
Happenings — what’s coming up in Northeast Ohio starting Feb. 28
Here is a brief rundown of some coming entertainment options in Northeast Ohio. Make submissions for consideration via email ...
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Leonardo da Vinci's Famous Paintings & Drawings
Martin Kemp [Leonardo has] poured into that painting his knowledge ... accepts this future death. Indeed, he's turned to John the Baptist, and he's blessing him. She's lowering her left hand ...