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Mythic collection “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” will be on display at the Art Institute of Chicago until May 27. From large-scale figures of gods and goddesses to busts of emperors and magnificent funerary monuments, the exhibition brings 58 rarely-seen sculptures to North America for the first time. The Torlonia Collection is the largest private collection of Roman marble sculptures in Italy. Nearly half of the sculptures in the traveling exhibit have not been publicly displayed in more than 70 years and have been newly cleaned, conserved and studied specifically for the purpose. For more, click …