2/2 In its 146th season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is building programs around questions rather than anniversaries, from a live AI-driven world premiere to a two-week exploration with how the universe began.
Stories rarely about religion alone: how African journalists cover faith, extremism and cults. Five African reporters on how they approached sensitive religion stories that clashed with their own beliefs. https://t.co/dAziQhigGS
2/2 Painted in 1930, “Near Abiquiu, New Mexico I” sat in the closet for 40 years, with only a single photograph, by O’Keeffe’s husband, Alfred Stieglitz, attesting to its existence. It could fetch upwards of $3 million at auction this month.
1/2 While Cleaning Out Her Aunt’s Manhattan Apartment, a Woman Found a Long-Lost Georgia O’Keeffe Painting Buried Beneath Fur Coats in the Closet. https://t.co/nIEtcgPZyU
2/2 The Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans is on a mission to retrieve hundreds of missing artworks from its collections. It recently tracked down a 17th-century painting by Dutch artist Willem Cornelisz Duyster right before it went to auction in Switzerland.
1/2 Stolen During the Nazi Occupation of Orléans, France, This Painting Was Rediscovered After 86 Years With Help From Wild West-Inspired ‘Wanted’ Posters. https://t.co/7EPStDGsiP
2/2 Prior to the discovery, rock art in northeastern Spain was “very scarce,” one archaeologist says. The drawings show dozens of animals, as well as more abstract shapes, which are distinct from other Paleolithic styles.
1/2 For Centuries, Cave Visitors Walked Right by 280 Ice Age Engravings. The Newly Discovered Rock Art Is Rewriting Catalonia’s Prehistory. https://t.co/rBUw8ONyFG
2/2 While restoring the Sistine Chapel, researchers discovered wavy groupings of brushstrokes which indicated that the artist used the special brushes to create a distinct crosshatching pattern.
1/2 Michelangelo Used These Custom, Multi-Headed Brushes While Painting ‘The Last Judgment’ to Replicate His Intricate Sculpting Techniques. https://t.co/M0d53huWk0
The palaeo cave art that hid in plain sight for 26,000 years. Hundreds of engravings were spotted in a widely visited cave — some include signs of animation. https://t.co/fJNBoYDdWz
2/2 “Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires” at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum tracks the storied city’s evolution from a 4th-century capital to a bustling 19th-century metropolis—hippodromes, bathhouses and all.
1/2 Actually, You Can Go Back to Constantinople. A Landmark Exhibition Reconstructs the Imperial City With 1,600 Years of Treasures From Byzantine and Ottoman Times. https://t.co/UUrnERW3WY
2/2 Visitors can choose from dozens of designs pulled from Rembrandt’s works, including lions, windmills and even his self-portraits. One participant was selected for a full-back tattoo of “The Descent from the Cross”.
1/2 A ‘Poor Man’s Rembrandt’ for a Few Hundred Bucks? At Amsterdam’s Rembrandt House Museum, a Pop-Up Tattoo Studio Is Inking 17th-Century Masterpieces on Human Canvases. https://t.co/QNpEBl1Oe0