Since Cecilia Giménez Zueco transformed Elías García Martínez’s “Ecce Homo” into the viral sensation “Monkey Jesus,” the Santuario de Misericordia has been turned into an interactive tribute to the two artists’ improbable collaboration.
Sabine Heinlein
Sabine is the author of the forthcoming book of narrative nonfiction Among Murderers. Her podcasts, photographs, and stories have appeared in German, American, and British publications, among them Die Zeit, The Brooklyn Rail, The Iowa Review, and Tablet Magazine. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from NYU and a master’s in art history from Hamburg University. You can find more info and writing on her website.
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A Pilgrimage to Beast Jesus
Cecilia Giménez Zueco’s botched restoration of a small fresco in Spain looks as entrancingly bad in person as it does in pictures.
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A Talk with a Modern-Day Petroglyphist
Three years ago the artist Kevin Sudeith left New York City to create stone carvings on immovable rock outcroppings across Canada and the continental US. A modern-day petroglyphist, he has also created more than two dozens images on rocks in undisclosed locations in New York. While this isn’t exactly legal, it can be viewed as a kind of thoughtful and permanent graffiti.
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A Black Outsider Artist in a White Art World
I recently went to the National Arts Club to watch All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert, a documentary about a 68-year-old African-American outsider artist, which is currently being screened at various locations in New York.
