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The Kunstkamera: Pickled Oddities
Not for the Faint of Heart
Oct 28, 2025
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Algorithmic Beauty
The Modern Venus: When Algorithms Become Our Gods
Oct 23, 2025
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The PietàS
A Mother’s Endless Sorrow, Carved in Stone
Oct 14, 2025
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Heinrich Lossow - The Sin, c.1880
The infamous Banquet of Chestnuts or Joust of Whores
Oct 10, 2025
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The Five Davids
A Biblical Underdog Who Chiseled the Soul of Western Art
Oct 7, 2025
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September 2025
This Week on the Canvas: Veils and Virtues
A queen’s dilemma, a sculpted miracle, and Orwell’s shadow—your weekly dispatch awaits.
Sep 25, 2025
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The Veiled Mysteries of Naples
A Journey into the Sansevero Chapel
Sep 25, 2025
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Poison or Dagger: Eleanor’s Choice
Queen Eleanor By Frederick Sandys
Sep 22, 2025
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The Moretta Mask and the Erotics of Anonymity
The Silent Allure
Sep 18, 2025
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The Opulent World of Alma-Tadema
Unpacking Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)
Sep 15, 2025
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Guercino's Artistic Brilliance
The Hidden Gem of Italian Baroque
Sep 11, 2025
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Giovanni Spertini’s Girl Writing, 1874
In the quiet corridors of 19th-century Italian sculpture, Giovanni Spertini (1821–1895) carved moments—intimate, unassuming, and achingly human.
Sep 5, 2025
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