From sepia to rabbit skin glue – Hirst’s butterfly wings are far from the only animal products used to make art
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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The misplaced outrage over Damien Hirst’s dead butterflies
From sepia to rabbit skin glue – Hirst’s butterfly wings are far from the only animal products used to make art