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Ilustração pictórica mostra Van Gogh com a orelha enfaixada em primeiro plano, Gauguin ao fundo, uma navalha sobre a mesa e a sombra de uma espada.

Art and Literature17/08/202610 min read

Why did Van Gogh cut off his ear? The fight with Gauguin and the limits of the sword theory

The chronology of December 23 to 25, 1888 separates documented facts, Gauguin's late account, and the hypothesis that a sword caused the wound.

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Representação editorial de Mary Shelley escrevendo à luz de velas, cercada por três homens em trajes do início do século XIX, com raios sobre o Lago de Genebra ao fundo.

Art and Literature17/08/202610 min read

How was Frankenstein born? Mary Shelley, Byron, Percy Shelley and Polidori in the true story of Villa Diodati

In 1816, a ghost story challenge brought together an extraordinary circle near Geneva. What each participant created and what memory turned into legend.

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Mapa de rede da Factory com Andy Warhol ao centro e colaboradores ligados às funções de impressão, cinema, fotografia, música e publicação.

Art and Literature06/08/202610 min read

Andy Warhol was born on August 6th: how the Factory transformed individual authorship into a creative network

On Andy Warhol's birthday, understand how assistants, performers, filmmakers and musicians turned Factory into a production and authorship network.

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