Michelangelo's Bacchus (1497) in the Bargello Museum, Florence, Italy

In 2011 I visited the Bargello Museum in Florence for the second time. Prominent among the Michelangelo sculptures on display

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Thomas Schütte’s “Großer Geist Nr. 13”

Geist can mean zeitgeist, the Holy Spirit, a powerful mind, clergyman or ghost, and is used to describe the science

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On Light and Shadow: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

“Our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and come to nought as the mist that is

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Kallipygos: The nude female behind in Classical Greek and Hellenistic sculpture

“ήν καλλιπύγων ζεύγος εν Συρακούσαις” Ήταν στις Συρακούσες ένα ζευγάρι κοπελιές μ’ ωραία πισινά” “There was in Syracuse a pair

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Nutcracker: by Jennifer Rubell

nutcracker: a device for cracking nuts (Oxford Dictionaries). New York based artist Jennifer Rubell has created her own nutcrackers. In

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The diasappearance of the body from the work of Sarah Lucas

I recently visited a gallery in London, where works by Sarah Lucas are exhibited. I have written about Sarah Lucas

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A crouching Aphrodite in London

I was in London for a few days and had the opportunity to visit the British Museum. This post is

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When eros makes life impossible: A “Fluxus Eleatis” discourse

In the surging swell, In the ringing sound, In the world-breath In the waves of the All To drown, To

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Diane Arbus, American Photographer

Diane Arbus Photographer American Female “Diane was fascinated by weirdos,” “Not just by their weirdness, but by their commitment to weirdness.” James Randi

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Lynda Benglis – American Artist

Today’s post concludes a sequence of three consecutive posts dedicated to female American artists (poets are artists). Sculpture, enamel, sculpmetal

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