Michelangelo David Copy to Dubai, Rirkrit Tiravanija Joins David Zwirner, and More: Morning Links from April 21, 2021
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Fearing Threats, Vatican Library Works with Cyber Security Firm to Fight Off Hackers
An effort to digitize various masterworks is currently underway.
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Missed Connections: A Novel Imagines Michelangelo in Istanbul
When Michelangelo begins to "overcome his fear and distaste for Muslim things," he embarks on a path that ends in his adorning the Sistine Chapel with Turkish figures.
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David Salle Touches God in Seldom-Seen Paintings Going to the Parrish Art Museum
Three works commissioned to commune with the Sistine Chapel have found a new home.
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Here’s Why the Season Finale of ‘Westworld’ Mentioned a Theory About Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
On the season finale of HBO’s television series Westworld last night, Anthony Hopkins’s character, Dr. Robert Ford, referenced a theory about Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. He told…
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Morning Links: Subhash Kapoor Edition
The budget for the proposed Ground Zero Arts Center continues to shrink, now down to approximately half of its original cost at $200 million…
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Pope Francis Meets With Homeless in the Sistine Chapel
Pope Francis visited 150 members of Rome’s homeless population in the Sistine Chapel last Thursday during a dinner and private tour of the Vatican organized by Papal Almoner Archbishop…
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