{"id":952,"date":"2011-05-16T20:49:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=952"},"modified":"2011-05-16T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T20:49:55","slug":"fontana-mix-for-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"Fontana Mix for May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Calvin and Hobbes” Creator Returns With Painting: <\/b>Sixteen years after ending his comic strip, saying he had “done what I can do within the constraints of daily deadlines and small panels”. Bill Watterson<\/strong> has debuted his first artwork since that time, a painting of Richard Thompson<\/strong>‘s character Petey Otterloop. Being sold to benefit the Parkinsons charity Team Cul de Sac <\/strong>(Thompson suffers from Parkinsons). It’s pictured above.<\/p>\n

Massive Statue Found in Egypt:<\/b> A nearly 43-foot likeness of Amenhotep II<\/strong>, grandfather to Tutankhamun<\/strong>, has been unearthed in Luxor, where it is believed to be one of a pair that flanked the entrance to the grand funerary temple. The country’s antiquities authority has stated that the headless statue was originally found in the ’70s but was re-hidden.<\/p>\n

I have a hard time believing the antiquities authority\u2026.<\/p>\n

Caravaggio’s “The Fortune Teller” to Tour the unites States.U.S. <\/b>The painter’s circa 1594 masterpiece will be traveling from Rome’s Capitoline Museums<\/strong> to the U.S., first at New York’s Italian Cultural Institute<\/strong> on May 11-15 and then going on view at Kentucky’s Speed Art Museum<\/strong> until June 5. To coincide with the early painting’s New York stay, Hunter College<\/strong> will hold a Caravaggio symposium on May 13.<\/p>\n

Syd Barrett<\/b>‘s ex-girlfriend offered an emotional plea and a \u00a32,000 reward for the return of of of his works that was stolen from a London art gallery over the weekend, the self-portrait was mailed bak to the gallery undamaged. FYI Syd Barrett is a legendary musician, see Floyd, Pink, and Casualty, Acid for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calvin and Hobbes” Creator Returns With Painting: Sixteen years after ending his comic strip, saying he had “done what I can do within the constraints of daily deadlines and small panels”. Bill Watterson has debuted his first artwork since that time, a painting of Richard Thompson‘s character Petey Otterloop. Being sold to benefit the Parkinsons charity Team Cul de Sac (Thompson suffers from Parkinsons). It’s pictured above. Massive Statue Found in Egypt: A nearly 43-foot likeness of Amenhotep II, grandfather to Tutankhamun, has been unearthed in Luxor, where it is believed to be one of a pair that flanked the…<\/p>\n

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