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Don't miss Motelseven's new show 'Waiting for Atlantis' in Gallery III at Thinkspace Projects (). The show is an homage to Samuel Becket’s 'Waiting for Godot.' The artworks play on the juxtaposition of the colorful and playful among tragedy and existential turmoil.

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2022-10-25

July 7, 1220: Saint Thomas Becket’s body was moved from the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral to a shrine in the Trinity Chapel.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-07-07

Today we celebrate the 801st anniversary of the Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury.

in 1220 Becket’s relics were translated, or moved, from his tomb in the Cathedral Crypt to an elaborate shrine in the Trinity Chapel.

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2021-07-07

brutal reimagined in – with his skull as a finale. Relics from the centuries-old crime scene will go on show at the ’s first major exhibition about the medieval martyr https://t.co/Om5fnMX9t7

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2021-04-26

While ‘the glaziers were depicting a shrine [it is not] THE shrine’. The importance of the panel remains in ‘the power, effectiveness and energy of Becket’.

Learn more about how Becket’s shrine is depicted in the Cathedral Miracle Windows ➡️ https://t.co/Cuzut0QetF

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2020-07-02