Magritte Dethroned Picasso, Chinese Art Took a Beating, and …
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Vesuvius Was Hot, But This New Exhibition of Erotic Art Excavated …
Apr 22, 2022 · On View Vesuvius Was Hot, But This New Exhibition of Erotic Art Excavated From Pompeii Is Hotter. See Images Here. The show brings together 70 sexy objects unearthed at the archeological site ...
Art History's 10 Best Alternative Male Nudes - artnet News
Apr 17, 2014 · Charles Ray‘s Young Man (2012): Though another of Ray’s full-scale male nudes met an ignomious end when Boy With Frog (2008) was removed from its canal-side perch in Venice, the artist has ...
Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Art Epitomized Orientalism. A Major Show in …
Nov 29, 2024 · The confession reflects a common sentiment around Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), a French painter and sculptor whose name and work have become all but synonymous with Orientalism, a term that ...
An Eccentric Collector’s Erotic Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso Drawings ...
Jul 3, 2018 · Sexuality and the nude in the work of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), Egon Schiele (1890–1918), and Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) are taking center stage at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer ...
Restoration of Rome’s Trevi Fountain Is Underway—and Open for …
Oct 8, 2024 · Ahead of the Vatican’s Jubilee Year in 2025, the Trevi Fountain, one of Rome’s most popular tourist destinations, will undergo a much-needed cleaning, while remaining open to visitors who want ...
The 10 Most Iconic Works by Michelangelo, Ranked
Dec 24, 2024 · Michelangelo made this nude crucifix when he was just 18 years old. It was a thank you to the Augustine monks at San Spirito who let the teen couch surf after his patron, Lorenzo de Medici, died ...
Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s - Artnet News
Sotheby’s delivered an unprecedented moment in art, and auction, history tonight in New York, selling artist Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019)—a banana taped to a wall—for $6.2 million ...
Nazi-Looted Monet Painting Returned to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
Oct 10, 2024 · An early Claude Monet pastel on paper that was forcibly seized from a Jewish family by the Gestapo in 1940 is set to be returned to the original owner’s heirs after the intervention of the FBI ...
An Archaeologist’s 150-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Is Uncovered …
Nov 21, 2024 · In 1874, the Bergen Museum on Norway’s southwestern coast appointed its first archaeologist and conservator. Though only 28 years old, Anders Lorange was making a name for himself by searching ...