CALL ME MAGGIE

Édouard Manet

  • Dead Christ with Angels | Manet

    This was the first of several paintings by Manet with a religious theme. The inscription indicates Manet’s source, but the passage he cited describes Mary Magdalen’s finding Christ’s tomb empty except for the two angels. After the painting was already… Continue reading

  • Art and the animal kingdom: Of mice and Manet | The Economist

      THE humble mouse is a doughty workhorse of science. Every day, in laboratories around the world, the little critters are subjected to all manner of carefully controlled insults, from electric shocks to the induction of cancer (see article), all… Continue reading