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The paintings of Frank Herrmann, a longtime professor in the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, display a love of visual abundance, at times to a fault.

glass box containing a wooden sculpture of a human head welcomes visitors of Museo delle Culture (MUDEC/Museum of Culture) in Milan, Italy, while a wall dominated by red presents an illustration of ...

"Headhunting and cannibalism were as right to them as taking communion," wrote Hoffman of the Asmat people. Both practices were common until fairly recently. In November 1961, 23-year-old Michael ...

The local bishop, Mgr Aloysius Murwito, also ordained three deacons. Religious vocations in the diocese are rare because of the lack of a minor seminary and ethnic Asmat’s nomadic lifestyle. Last year ...