Clifton Sculpture Park welcomes 'American Pietà' in honor of gun violence victims
The new sculpture was inspired by Michelangelo's 'The Pietà' and depicts a mother and son, pierced by the same bullets.
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Murder in the Margins: Cain and Abel on the Ghent Altarpiece
Tucked above depictions of Adam and Eve, the haunting images of Cain and Abel in the Ghent Altarpiece underscore the wages of ...
Man ransacks altar at St. Peter’s Basilica, knocking over candelabra worth thousands of dollars
A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...
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Man attacks high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...
An El Greco Is Pulled From an Auction as Romania Objects
The Romanian government has long sought dozens of valuable paintings that it says the country’s last king took into exile in ...
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See the Miniature Portrait of Mary Magdalene That Raphael Painted When He Was Only 20
Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...