In Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s paintings, the body becomes a site of identity, intimacy, vulnerability, and transformation. Moving between figuration and abstraction, Chase creates visual worlds in which bodies, objects, and environments are inseparable, shaped by lived experience, everyday gestures, and community.
Greece and Bulgaria have reached a historic agreement for the reciprocal transfer of cultural and religious treasures, paving the way for the return of 48 ecclesiastical artifacts removed from Greek monasteries during World War I in exchange for the remains of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria.
This late Baroque marble maquette depicting Pope Clement XII Corsini enthroned, circa 1736, displays all the hallmarks of its creator, Pietro Bracci (Rome 1700-1773), who is best known for carving the colossal central figure of Oceanus at Rome's Trevi Fountain.