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Italians Are Mad at Their Country’s New “Barbie Venus”

Avatar photo by Sigourney Schultz April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

A government tourism campaign depicting Botticelli’s Venus as a “virtual influencer” is widely criticized as trivializing the nation’s cultural heritage.

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Why Did the Old Masters Add Egg Yolk to Paint?

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael April 3, 2023April 4, 2023

It was long assumed the trace amounts of proteins found in paintings were due to contamination, but a new study suggests the use of egg was deliberate.

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A Botticelli Portrait Becomes the Second Most Expensive Old Master Painting Sold at Auction

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

The tempera on panel painting is one of three portraits by the 15th-century artist left in private hands.

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Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photos Cast Her as a Venus for the Black Diaspora

by John Bowles February 10, 2017February 22, 2017

Embracing and reinterpreting cultural traditions from which black people have historically been excluded, Awol Erizku reimagines Beyoncé into an idealization that has typically been reserved for white women.

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Vatican to Digitize 41 Million Pages of Ancient Manuscripts

by Laura C. Mallonee April 3, 2014April 8, 2014

What happens when a wide swath of history — previously only explored by white-gloved librarians and erudite historians — is made available to anyone with a solid internet connection? Thanks to the Pope, we’ll soon find out.

Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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