Good morning. ☁️ Today, an inaugural triennial offers some hope for the future, new Medici frescoes were discovered in Florence, and a contested Chicago monument’s complex cultural history is unpacked.
Netflix’s Murder Among the Mormons tackles a strange case of archival fraud that led to a bombing campaign.
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A recently discovered fresco depicts Cosimo II de Medici, the fourth duke of Tuscany and a patron of Galileo (photo courtesy the Uffizi Gallery)
During a restoration of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, a team of construction workers discovered a pair of frescoes dating back as early as the 1600s.
If you’re in New York and are comfortable sitting in a theater again, the Museum of the Moving Image is reopening on April 30 with exhibitions and new screening programs at their Redstone Theater.
The charity auction features a wide range of artists, including John Akomfrah, Diana Al-Hadid, Judith Bernstein, Rico Gatson, Isaac Julien, Tala Madani, and Hrair Sarkissian.
Any discussion of “The Bowman and The Spearman” would be incomplete without an understanding of the progressive, idealist politics behind Ivan Meštrović’s chosen style.
