Ganesha - Ancient Art Podcast (sitios de interés)
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Ancient Art Podcast Episode 33. While the sculpture of Ganesha featured in this episode may not be on display, there are plenty more to go around. In this episode of the Ancient Art Podcast we learn all about the beloved elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha. We explore the annual festival celebrating his birth, Ganesha Chaturthi, and discover how he happened to get that elephant head. Plus we investigate why, oh, why he’s missing a tusk! We look closely at a few magnificent sculptures of Ganesha at the Art Institute of Chicago and conclude with an exploration of the contemporary art installation Public Notice 3 by Jitish Kallat on view through January 2, 2011, which juxtaposes Swami Vivekananda’s September 11, 1893 speech in Chicago on religious tolerance with the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.