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South African photographer Jo Ractliffe's black-and-white images reveal the residues left by apartheid, regional conflict, population displacement and the aftermath of violence. RFI met her in Paris, where a new exhibition draws together work from the past four decades.

Painted portraits of famous figures reveal a lot about their likeness, with the mastery of artists being in their ability to capture someone's essence. Yet, they lack the true three-dimensionality and plasticity of a face. And reconstructing these elements is exactly what keeps Brazilian 3D designer and researcher Cícero Moraes…

A colossal gold-leafed statue of Donald Trump, "Don Colossus," remains uninstalled in Ohio over a year after completion. Commissioned by crypto entrepreneurs for $360,000, sculptor Alan Cottrill claims he's still owed $92,000. The project highlights crypto venture instability and shifting alliances, with the statue potentially finding a home at Trump's…

A previously unknown Michelangelo foot sketch, identified as a study for the Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, sold for $23 million at Christie's. The drawing, inherited and passed down through a family for centuries, was authenticated through infrared analysis and stylistic comparisons.