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Self-Portrait of a Tree As a Young Sapling

This is Cedro di Versailles, a sculpture by Giuseppe Penone, carved out of a five-ton cedar log from Versailles. To create the

Artist reverses gender roles in '50s ads to 'give men a taste of their own sexist poison'

Lebanon-based visual artist Eli Rezkallah encountered the lasting impression of sexism when he visited family for Thanksgiving. The conversations that he overheard among his uncles stemmed from the seemingly outdated stereotypes of gender roles from the ’50s, however obsolete he believed them to be.