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Exhibition Blood: Medieval/Modern

Medieval and modern artists explore the potent visual possibilities of a substance equal parts fascinating and repellant.

An abstract red and white photograph.
Bloodscape X, 1987, Andres Serrano. Silver dye bleach print, 40 × 60 in. Getty Museum, Gift of Robert and Dolores Cathcart. Image: © Andres Serrano, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels, 2001.95

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