Journal

The two Starry Nights, and which one belongs on your wall

Van Gogh painted two starry nights, a year and a town apart. One is restless, one is calm. Which belongs on your wall depends on the room.

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Raja Ravi Varma and the press that put gods on every wall

In 1894 Raja Ravi Varma opened a lithographic press in Bombay and made devotional images affordable for ordinary homes. The press lost money and was sold. Its effect never wore off.

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