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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
8 hours ago

US National Gallery of Art acquires important Artemisia Gentileschi painting

The painting depicts the titular saint, her face turned upward, "going through the throes of change from a secular life to one of devotion", says the curator. Shown without her usual attributes of a skull or an ointment jar, or any other signs of penitence, Mary Magdalene is instead depicted in a state of near undress, a shoulder provocatively exposed.
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4 months ago

Michaelina Wautier: the female Flemish artist now seen as an old master

Michaelina Wautier's large-scale, varied oeuvre including The Triumph of Bacchus is now attributed and publicly exhibited, establishing her as a recognized 17th-century master.
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fromThe Conversation
9 months ago

Why 'The Calling of Saint Matthew' by Caravaggio was Pope Francis' favorite painting an art historian explains

Pope Francis admires Caravaggio's 'The Calling of Saint Matthew', linking it to his papacy motto of mercy.
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