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Holy ground: why Persian carpets play an important symbolic role in the funeral of Pope Francis
For over 600 years carpets from Anatolia, Turkey and Persia have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by ...
The deep friendship behind Van Gogh’s 26 portraits of one family
A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, ...
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Van Gogh’s Final Years Come to Life in ‘The Roulin Family Portraits’
The exhibition reveals Van Gogh’s intense devotion to painting—even through deep sorrow and unbearable hallucinations.
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Rachel Ruysch’s Impossible Still Lifes Outsold Rembrandt—Now They Star in a Major Museum Show
A new exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art puts 17th-century artist phenom Rachel Ruysch back in the spotlight.