DecemberΒ 28, 2022
Good morning.Β π€οΈ What a tragedy it was to watch in real-time as Paris's Notre Dame cathedral went up in flames in 2019. Earlier this year, restoration experts onsite unearthed two mysterious sarcophagi that had been buried beneath the church for centuries. Now the sarcophagi have been opened, and we have details on the identities of the entombed.Β The researchers cared to note that one of the bodies had βextraordinarily good teethβ while the other had almost no teeth. Our staff reporter Rhea Nayyar has this one.
Also today, rarely-seen Norman Rockwell drawings, a primer on Catholic symbolism in Western art history, and an effort to prettify NYC's Kafkaesque Port Authority Bus Terminal with public murals. Sadly, no mural can make Port Authority's restrooms smell any better.
β Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
Norman Rockwell's Exceptional Drawings, Revealed for the First Time
Extensively illustrated, Norman Rockwell: Drawings, 1911β1976 is the first book dedicated to the artistβs prolific but largely private drawing practice. | Lauren Moya Ford
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WHAT'S HAPPENING
View of the lead sarcophagus surrounded by 19th-century heating flues (Β© Denis Gliksman, Inrap)
Two lead sarcophagi found beneath the floor slabs of Notre Dame belonged toΒ religious dignitary Antoine de la Porte and an unidentified aristocratic cavalier.
Nine contemporary artists have taken over vacant advertising spaces at NYCβs aesthetically beleaguered Port Authority.
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ART & MORE
How to Crack the Catholic Code of the Old Masters
Suzanna IvaniΔ's new book Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism is an essential primer on how Catholicism intersects with art history. | Daniel Larkin
Two SWANA Artistsβ Vision for a City of the Future
Dahlia Elsayed and Andrew Haik Demirjian imagine βMustaqbaaaahpolisβ as a city free from βextraction, time scarcity, and exploitation.β | Sarah Rose Sharp
The Horror and Banality of American Racism
Christy Chanβs Whoβs Coming to Save You?Β makes clear the perpetual nature of American bigotry. | Scotti Hill
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