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Dec 26, 2024 · Prem Sahib’s (b. 1982, London) artistic practice spans objects, installation, and performance, exploring themes of queer intimacy, desire, and the intersections of personal …

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, …

Jan 2, 2025 · Art World Iconic Works by Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse, and More Join the Public Domain in 2025. Hemingway, Faulkner, and the Marx Brothers's 'The Cocoanuts' also entered …

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 …

Collectibles A.A. Milne Drawings Discovered in an Attic Make a Mint at Auction. The sale also included letters from "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien.

Dec 23, 2024 · One of the oldest works of art depicting a known narrative is the Narmer Palette, a gray-green siltstone slab from the 31st century B.C.E. that shows the eponymous pharaoh …

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 …

Dec 22, 2024 · Raphael depicts three naked women in back- and front-facing views, perhaps mimicking the dancing muses from Boticelli’s Primavera (c. 1470) or, more likely, a classical …

Sep 15, 2024 · Today, Surrealism is thought of as being synonymous with artists like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Max Ernst, or Man Ray. Over the years, names of women artists like …