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A new art exhibit showcases M.C. Escher ability to make the surreal look real. Saturday 22 August the Dali Museum in Saint Petersburg unveiled an exhibit dedicated to this 20 th century Dutch artist.

With a mathematical precision, M.C. Escher played with perspective, making the impossible seem more than plausible. Water runs uphill. Staircases have no set path up, down or, even upside-down. A pair ...

In the 1960s, the mathematically inspired images of Dutch artist M.C. Escher became a feature of popular culture. I remember album covers, T-shirts, posters and jigsaw puzzles emblazoned with the ...

Art usually presents us with incontrovertible facts. Abstract canvas or marble bust, representational drawing or fanciful relief all fix a specific image in a specific way for all time. And then there ...

That work, a black-and-white print that depicts two hands paradoxically drawing each other, is, as Adams noted, a hallmark of T-shirts and dorm room posters, as are other pieces by the Dutch graphic ...

Here’s a show that’s certain to give Brooklyn some perspective: A massive exhibition of the mathematically infused artworks of M.C. Escher (1898–1972) is coming to the borough in June. “Escher. The ...

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