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There’s an exhibition called Love, Loss and Intimacy currently showing at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). It consists of prints and drawings from the Gallery’s collection that feature an artist’s family and other intimates. Slicing the collection in this way turns up some strange wall-fellows including Rembrandt, Augustus John, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Holman Hunt [...]

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There’s a church in Rome, just near Colosseo, called San Clemente.  It’s not one of the showstopper churches, at least, not until you venture inside and descend into the depths. Then it becomes an eerie and remarkable experience. The church one enters from street level was built in the 12th century.  It features golden mosaic [...]

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