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Forensic sculpture and the uncannily human clay heads

"There is a point when there are suddenly twice as many people in the class."

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A history of art in hospitals

Art historian Anne Wallentine examines art in hospital settings – from its Christian devotional origins to its healing role in modern healthcare buildings.

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Performance art, frozen in time

For over a year, live performance art with an audience present has been largely impossible. But still images continue to allow artists in this sphere to inspire audiences at home.

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Maria McKinney on ‘Sire’

All my grandparents were farmers; I grew up in the countryside surrounded by farms and helped neighbours herd sheep and cattle into the field. My body of work called ‘Sire’ looks at the genomics of modern cattle breeding.

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  • Milk Sculpture
  • Bliegessen Sculpture, Thomas Heatherwick
  • Sculpture of a stone reliquiary
  • Sculpture academy, Heiss, 17th century
  • Apollo. Sculpture attributed to Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo.
  • Sculpture in wood of St. Martin (?), French.
  • Sculpture of figure of Minerva and an attendant.
  • M0006360: Sculpture of Damosseno, the Boxer, by Canova.
  • Sculpture in wood of St. Francois Xavier; Spanish, 17th c.
  • Head sculpture
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