T he sanctuary at Brauron, not far from Athens, was the site of an important cult to Artemis. There are impressive reconstructed remains of the temple to the goddess and the three-sided stoa, which would have served as the cafeteria area, as well as the sacred spring. Visitors can cros
When the shape of a cow starts popping out of a block of cheddar, Sarah Kaufmann is close to bringing her latest cheese sculpture to life.
"And you put a little eyeball in and the cow comes alive," she said. After adding a pupil, "it pops and it's looking at you."
Kaufmann dons
When the shape of a cow starts popping out of a block of cheddar, Sarah Kaufmann is close to bringing her latest cheese sculpture to life.
"And you put a little eyeball in and the cow comes alive," she said. After adding a pupil, "it pops and it's looking at you."
Kaufmann dons
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99-year-old Catarina Orduña Pérez was a powerful woman with a big personality who had a long-declared wish to have her final resting place memorialized with a giant dick. Symbolic of her philosophy of being a badass and living life her way, her family could not resist.
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Benjamin Victor, “Bathsheba,” bronze (clay shown), life-size, 2020. (Lincoln, NE)
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