Lucien Gaillard

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Two dragonflies (1904).

Art Nouveau insect jewellery by Lucien Gaillard (1861–1933).

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Perfume bottle (?) (c. 1923).

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Moth pendant (1900).

And while we’re on the subject, a display of precious stones and metals has opened at London’s Natural History Museum in a new gallery they’re calling The Vault.

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Wesley Fleming’s glass insects
The art of Sergei Aparin
Insect Lab
The glass menagerie
The Museum of Fantastic Specimens

The art of Ron Pippin

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left: Museum Box #1; right: Arch Angel (no dates).

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Raccoon Kit With Lenses (no date).

Kimberley Brooks interview
Ron Pippin at Obsolete

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Custom creatures
Polly Morgan, fine art taxidermist
The sculpture of Christopher Conte
Pierre Matter’s cyborg sculpture
Cryptozoology
Insect Lab
The art of Jessica Joslin
The Museum of Fantastic Specimens

Sex at the Barbican

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Still from Blowjob by Andy Warhol (1963).

Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now opens today at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, and runs until 27 January 2008.

Seduced explores the representation of sex in art through the ages. Featuring over 300 works spanning 2000 years, it brings together Roman sculptures, Indian manuscripts, Japanese prints, Chinese watercolours, Renaissance and Baroque paintings and 19th century photography with modern and contemporary art.

Seduced presents the work of around 70 artists including Nobuyoshi Araki, Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt van Rijn and Andy Warhol among others. Stimulating the mind and the senses, provocative and compelling, Seduced provides the historical and cultural framework to explore the boundaries of acceptability in art. Seduced is curated by Marina Wallace, Martin Kemp and Joanne Bernstein.

Barbican gallery selection
Guardian gallery selection

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The Male Gaze