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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

In the Footsteps of Piero della Francesca: The Massachusetts sequel -- Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels (1460 - 70) and Hercules (c. 1470)

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In late-November 2025 I embarked on a tour of the cities wherein the Italian painter Piero della Francesca did most of his work and where m...
Saturday, July 4, 2026

My quest to recreate — longitudinally — the 2023 Rijksmuseum Vermeer exhibition

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“ Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) did not produce many paintings - probably only two a year on average - yet every one of the works of this Del...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Book Review: Conclave, Robert Harris

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Conclave (Robert Harris), though initially published in 2016, seems rather current given the recent election of Pope Leo as the first Ameri...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Ghanaian artist El Anatsui’s Earth Skin as inspiration for dress worn to Met Gala by Suleika Jouaud, wife of Jon Baptiste

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One of the stops on our (my daughter Karen and me) recent transcontinental train journey was the city of Denver and, while there, we visited...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Book Review: Culpability, Bruce Holsinger

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Really good read. The name should actually be “Shifting Culpability” given the frequency with which “responsibility/fault” flips between the...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit

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Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit resides at Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana, its home since its acquisition by the Cardinal and his donati...