After multiple restorations and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly restored Apollo Belvedere has been unveiled at the Vatican Museums to much fanfare and praise.

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This drawing is really an act of exorcism, if anything.

Inauguration post on the caerulum app.

APOLLO BELVEDERE
14 × 17 "
Soft charcoal on Strathmore 400 Drawing Paper

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“Cruelle énigme” (Cruel Enigma). Jean Louis Forain (French; 1852–1931). Rome, n.d. Brush and black ink on paper. The Clark, Williamstown, MA.

A tourist stands before the “Apollo Belvedere.”

Inscribed: “Comment trouvait en fouiller ces gens-là?”

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