Arts news

• Europe’s Best Cathedrals

  14-11-2021 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  While some on this list are obvious, others may inspire an artistic pilgrimage – though Milan “is a chaotic hotchpotch of buttresses, pinnacles and a reputed 2,245 statues, part gothic, part classical. Like an overdressed model on a Milan catwalk.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Happy Birthday, Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel

  14-11-2021 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  From Google Doodle. Hensel “composed more than 450 pieces of music, most of which show a deep reverence for Johann Sebastian Bach. But she struggled with the societal constraints on the roles of women at the time and was overshadowed by her more famous brother.” – CNET
  
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• Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art, 1500-1860 review – a quietly amazing menagerie

  14-11-2021 14:00
  
  Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
  A rhino called Clara is the superstar of this perfectly curated show tracking the crowd-pulling appeal of exotic animals over three centuriesIn 1741, a retired Dutch sea captain called Douwe Mout van der Meer brought to Rotterdam from India the first live rhinoceros to be seen in mainland Europe since 1579. He named this marvellous beast Clara, and for the next 17 years the two of them toured the continent ceaselessly; a modern map of their travels, all
  
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