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Michelangelo To A Chili Pepper — On This Day In History, November 1

The unveiling of an iconic masterpiece, a treaty that reshapes Europe, and the birthday of a Chili Pepper.

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Ideas Society

García Márquez’s Final Novel And The Eternal Beauty Of The Unfinished

The late Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author’s sons have published his draft novel Until August against his will. Yet no work of art is ever really finished. And excerpts and fragments are suited to our anxious times.

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LGBTQ Plus Society

Searching For Clues Of The “Gay Gaze” In Art Masterpieces

Many of history’s best-known painters and sculptors were thought to be gay or bisexual, but major Rembrandt and Michelangelo exhibitions have mostly remained silent on the subject. And yet the artists’ works are full of sexual symbols.

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In The News

From Modigliani Fakes To Michelangelo The Forger: Italy’s Most Ingenious Art Pranks

Even the art world is not immune to pranks.

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In The News

Florence Mayor Invites Florida Teacher Fired Over Michelangelo’s “Pornographic” David Statue

The teacher lost her job because she showed an image of Michelangelo’s sculpture masterpiece, which one parent described as “pornographic.” On April 29, she will visit Florence and see the work in person.

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On This Day – November 1

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May 21

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Dog Meets Michelangelo — Video Quote Of The Day

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