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4 days agoconfess your sins to maurizio cattelan and you might win his fallen pope miniature
Maurizio Cattelan's La Nona Ora returns as a limited edition sculpture, featuring Pope John Paul II struck by a meteorite, alongside a confessional hotline initiative.
Medicine
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3 weeks agoA new interactive atlas reveals the human body in unprecedented detail
The Human Organ Atlas uses advanced HiPCT imaging to create unprecedented 3D organ reconstructions at cellular resolution, enabling researchers to link multisystem failures and disease patterns across organs.
Toronto
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3 weeks agoThese drawings of modern life are striking. But what's wrong with all the people? | CBC Arts
Simon Fuh's exhibition Cowboy Poet presents illustrated scenes of youthful misadventure rendered with blank-faced figures expressing apathy and detachment in response to chaos and absurdity.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 week agoOne of Donatello's most important bronze statues is being restored: should it ever be shown outdoors again?
Donatello's Gattamelata statue is undergoing restoration and its future location remains uncertain after being moved indoors due to corrosion.
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month agoRENAISSANCE! The body as site - KALTBLUT Magazine
The body becomes a site of transformation. Uniquely crafted pieces engage with the wearer, blurring the line between material, form, and presence. Each one-off creation and streetwear capsule emerges from a conscious, boundary-free creative process, drawing inspiration from visual arts, theatre, music, dance, and the surrounding world.
Fashion & style
fromOpen Culture
1 month agoRoman Statues Weren't White; They Were Once Painted in Vivid, Bright Colors
One tenet of classical idealism is the idea that Roman and Greek statuary embodied an ideal of pure whiteness-a misconception modern sculptors perpetuated for hundreds of years by making busts and statues in polished white marble. But the truth is that both Greek statues and their Roman counterparts were originally brightly painted in riotous color.
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 month agoExplore 3D models of Met masterpieces
More than 100 art works have been scanned in ultra-high resolution with portable laser scanners that could image objects that are unmoveable and could not be scanned by traditional machines. That data combined with photogrammetry techniques that puzzle together thousands of photographs to create a photorealistic composite.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks ago'It has nothing to do with Michelangelo': expert wades in on painting newly attributed to Renaissance master
Belgian art historian Michel Draguet claims to have discovered a Michelangelo painting from the 1540s, but leading Renaissance experts dispute the attribution based on artistic style analysis.
Books
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago'The good, the bad and the ugly': a short history of how artists depict the female body
Public visual culture simultaneously overexposes and marginalizes the female body: abundant naked female imagery on buildings contrasts with few monuments honoring named women.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months agoFrankfurt's Stadel Museum announces 'momentous' acquisition of Altenberg Madonna
Städel Museum reunited the Virgin and Child Enthroned with the Altenberg altarpiece, enabling display of the complete convertible altarpiece.
Arts
fromColossal
1 month agoThe Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and other institutions now offer 3D digital models of artworks, enabling detailed examination of textures, materials, and hidden details impossible to see in person or through standard digital images.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoArtemisia Gentileschi, Michelangelo and Rembrandt bring new energy and records to New York's Old Masters sales
New York Old Masters auctions set record prices across artists—Artemisia Gentileschi, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Canaletto—bringing historically significant, newly surfaced and restituted works into public view.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoAcquisitions round-up: a 17ft sculpture by Anselm Kiefer, a $1.7m dinosaur skull, and a 17th-century genre painting
Major museums are acquiring and receiving significant contemporary artworks and rare paleontological specimens for public research and display.
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