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“You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.”

Gustav Klimt

Mikhail Vrubel

The Prado Museum in Madrid launches an exhibition in which blind people can enjoy classical paintings by touching their texture and relief. We have never been given a chance to touch a painting in a museum, so this is definitely a unique experience – to be able to engage with replica pieces, including the Mona Lisa, through touch. The exhibition at Prado displays tactile versions of paintings by artists like Da Vinci and Goya. The paintings enable blind people to get a clearer vision of the artworks. The reliefs were created using a special technique called “Didu” that adds volume and texture to 2D art. The pioneering project will be in Madrid until the end of June.

“What is mastery? What would it be for you to recreate a masterful piece of art?”

Hikaru Miyakawa did just that and recreated Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper”. Hikaru is an internationally exhibiting Japanese artist based in the US. As Leonardo da Vinci, whom Hikaru has followed since he was ten, he is a man of multiple expressions: art, music (opera), acting, writing, dancing, and teaching to name a few. As a writer and researcher, Hikaru is currently writing books/articles on several subjects including among others: Leonardo da Vinci, Old and New Testaments through Hebrew and Aramaic, Parzival / Holy Grail, Subconsciousness / Dream.