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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. A dish of spring rolls is here on a table, while customers in the background have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. A dish of spring rolls is here on a table, while customers in the background have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. A dish of spring rolls is here on a table, while customers in the background have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_016.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Steamers containing dumplings are here on the bar at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_004.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_022.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_021.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_020.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Waiter and bartender Gustavo Obregon exits the kitchen carrying steamers containing dumplings. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_013.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. General manager Balke Davis (right) and manager Antonio have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY.  (L-R) Balke Davis (General Manager), Antonio (Manager), and Aneta Kyrcz (waitress), have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_009.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_007.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_006.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_005.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_003.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Liquors on display at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    Shortys_002.jpg
  • 9 October, 2008. New York, NY. Customers have late dinner after midnight at Shorty's 32 Restaurant in Soho. Shorty's 32 has late night services some nights. <br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    Shortys_001.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Paris Commune bar, west village.  Julia Allison at her arrival at the Paris Commune Bar in the west village. On the left is Meahan Alagna, Jullia's assistant. On the right (with the camera) is Nick McGlynn, blogger of randomnighout.com, thas has taken pictures all night. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0678.jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0607_bw.jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0598.jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0607.jpg
  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert in Tomkins Square Park. Mr. Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 15 May, 2008 - New York, NY - Stanley Alpert in Tomkins Square Park. Mr. Alpert is the author of the non-fiction crime book "The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival".<br />
The book is based on Alpert's experience of being kidnapped in the streets of Manhattan in 1998, the day before his birthday. After a night it captivity, he was released in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_20080515__MG_0568.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Entrance of the Havana Central Club. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1113.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1089.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1067.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1046.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Girls in the background dancing on the tables. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080323_MG_1029.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0990.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0988.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0987.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young jewish man flirting with a girl attending the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0985.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0975.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0964.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0935.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0894.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Mali Agami, from Croen Heights, and her friend Tzvib conversating at the party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0886.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0875-Edit.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Mali Agami, a woman from Crown Heights, Brooklyn at the party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0823.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
Reporter: Bleyer,Jennifer: 917-279-2078<br />
email: bleyer@nytimes.com<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
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www.giannicipriano.com
    GCipriano_5D_20080322_MG_0818.jpg
  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Young Jewish people conversating at the bar. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). On the left Arielle Zand (25) conversating with Scott Chait (29), both living in the Upper West Side. On the right is Izzy Root (35), single man from Long Island. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Jacob, a young jeaish man, dressed as Jesus Christ. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Jewish single man waiting the beginning of the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Jewish single men waiting the beginning of the  party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Seth Galena (right( with his wife Hindy Poupko (center) and his mother Rita (left) at the entrance of the party before its start. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Seth Galena and his wife Hindy Poupko, who live in the upper west side, photographed by Seth's mother, Rita. Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
<br />
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Rita Galena, mother of twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, before the beginning of the party. The Galena brothers organized the costume party and are the authors of bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008.  Julia Allison at the Paris Commune bar in the west village. On the right is Ux Alptraum, blogger of sex blog boinkology.com.27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    GCipriano_5D_20080228_MG_7418.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Juila Allison. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_019.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allsion. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_018.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (left) and Mary Rambin (right). 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. From left to right: Meghan Asha (Julia Allison and Mary Rambin's best friend. Her blog is meghanasha.com), Julia Allison, Krystal Kahler (close girlfriend) and Kaitlin Herrmann (Julia's ex room mate). 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_015.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison at her birthday party at the Paris Commune bar, in the west village. On the left is her agent Jason Fox. On the right is Tionna Smalls, of talkdatish.com.  27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (left) and Mary Rambin (right) posing in front of their best friend and blogger Meghan Asha (meghanasha.com). 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_012.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (right), Mary Rambin (left) and friend/photographer Michael Leonhard that used to work as a photographer  for Julia's AM New York articles. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_010.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison at the Paris Commune bar in the west village.  27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_009.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008.  Julia Allison at the Paris Commune bar in the west village. On the right is Ux Alptraum, blogger of sex blog boinkology.com.27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_008.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison (center), Mary Rambin (right) and Nick McGlynn (left), blogger of randomnightout.com who was the snapshot photographer fot the party. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_006.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison and Mary Rambin posing for cameraman and friends. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (on the left)(juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin (on the right), designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (on the left)(juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin (on the right), designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York. Jewish orthodox students crossing the street  to go the Talmudical Seminary of Bobov (5116 New Utrecht ave, corner of 52nd street). Gianni Cipriano, cell +1 646 465 2168 (USA), +39 328 567 7923 (Italy), gianni@giannicipriano.com , www.giannicipriano.com
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  • Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York. Jewish orthodox men (in the center Rabbi Efraim Bornstein, executive director of the Congregation Shaarei Zion of Bobov), attending Zvi Tauber's wedding. Zvi Tauber is Gran Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam's nephew. Thousands of people, part of this community, were invited to celebrate the public wedding. Gianni Cipriano, cell +1 646 465 2168 (USA), +39 328 567 7923 (Italy), gianni@giannicipriano.com , www.giannicipriano.com
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  • March 22nd 2008. Havana Central, New York, NY. Jewish Costume Purim Party at Havana Central at the West End, 2991 Broadway (113th street). Party organized by twin brothers Seth and Isaac Galena, from bangitout.com, a jewish humour website.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Juila Allison posing for friend Nick McGlynn (right), blogger of randomnightout.com,who was the snapshot photographer fot the party. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Beginning of the 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin, designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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    sex_011.jpg
  • New York, Feb 28th 2008. Julia Allison and Mary Rambin posing for cameraman and friends. 27th birthday party of blogger and columnist Julia Allison (on the left)(juliaallison.com) and 26th birthday of Mary Rambin (on the right), designer of Moe bags (moebags.com and stylebymaryrambin.com). The party was celebrated at the Paris Commune bar, 99 bank street in the west village, New York.<br />
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A tourist admires the tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours, recently restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021. The sarcophagus is  graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Tourists admire the tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours, recently restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021. The sarcophagus is  graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,�
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Monica Bietti, former director of the Bargello Museums (which overses the Medici Chapel) points at the toe of the allegorical figure of Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight, which graces the tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours, at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole nig
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: The tomb of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the poweful ruler of Florence who lifted the Medici dynasty and largely bankrolled the Renaissance, is seen here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Michelangelo's rising Dawn marble statue, which adorns - together a bearded Dusk - the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, is seen here after being restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Michelangelo's rising Dawn marble statue, which adorns - together a bearded Dusk - the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, is seen here after being restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: (R-L) The recently restored tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, and the tomb of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the poweful ruler of Florence who lifted the Medici dynasty and largely bankrolled the Renaissance, are seen here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Michelangelo's rising Dawn marble statue, which adorns - together a bearded Dusk - the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, is seen here after being restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A palette behind an altar was used by biologists and restorers to try out the top eight bacterial candidates for the restoration of Michelangelo's masterpiece at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A palette behind an altar was used by biologists and restorers to try out the top eight bacterial candidates for the restoration of Michelangelo's masterpiece at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A palette behind an altar was used by biologists and restorers to try out the top eight bacterial candidates for the restoration of Michelangelo's masterpiece at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A black square of grime in the back of the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, shows how dirty it was before being recently restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A restorer point at at a palette behind an altar where biologists and restorers tried out the top eight bacterial candidates, here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: (L-R) The recently restored tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemour, and the tomb of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the poweful ruler of Florence who lifted the Medici dynasty and largely bankrolled the Renaissance, are seen here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A detail of the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, designed by Michelangelo and recently restored with the use of bacteria, is seen here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Michelangelo's bearded Dusk marble statue, which adorns - together a rising Dawn - the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, is seen here after being restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Michelangelo's bearded Dusk marble statue, which adorns - together a rising Dawn - the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, is seen here after being restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Michelangelo's rising Dawn marble statue, which adorns - together a bearded Dusk - the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, is seen here after being restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A palette behind an altar was used by biologists and restorers to try out the top eight bacterial candidates for the restoration of Michelangelo's masterpiece at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Stains in the back of the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, shows how dirty it was before being recently restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: Stains in the back of the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, shows how dirty it was before being recently restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
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The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
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When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
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“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: A black square of grime in the back of the tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, shows how dirty it was before being recently restored at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
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An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: The tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, adorned with Michelangelo's allegorical sculptures of Dusk and Dawn and recently restored with the use of bacteria, is seen here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 24 MAY 2021: The tomb of Lorenzo De Medici, Duke of Urbino, adorned with Michelangelo's allegorical sculptures of Dusk and Dawn and recently restored with the use of bacteria, is seen here at the Medici Chapel in Florence, Italy, on May 24th 2021.<br />
<br />
An all-woman team used bacteria that fed on glue, oil and phosphates — if not flesh — as a bioweapon against centuries of stains, applying painstakingly tested and selected strains to the universally recognized masterpieces of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.<br />
<br />
The team - composed of the former and current directors of the Bargello Museum in Florence (which overseees the Medici Chapel, a biologist with the bio-restoration group at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, a scientifist of Italy’s National Research Council and two restorers - tested the bugs in November 2019 on the marble floor behind the altar but also on Michelangelo’s tomb for Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours. That sarcophagus is graced with reclining allegorical sculptures for Day, a hulking, twisted male figure, and Night, a female body Michelangelo made so smooth and polished as to seem as if she shined in moonlight. The team washed her hair with Pseudomonas stutzeri CONC11 bacteria, isolated from the waste of a tannery near Naples, and cleaned residue of casting molds, glue and oil off her ears with Rhodococcus sp. ZCONT, which came from soil contaminated with diesel in Caserta.<br />
<br />
When Covid hit in February 2020, the museum closed and the project slowed down. The bugs got back to the Medici Chapel in mid-October. The biologist and the restorers spread gels with the SH7 bacteria, isolated from soil contaminated by heavy metals at a mineral site in Sardinia, to the soiled sarcophagus of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino, buried with his assassinated son Alessandro.<br />
<br />
“It ate the whole night,” said Marina Vincenti, one of the restorers.
    CIPG_20210524_NYT_Michelangelo-Bacte...jpg
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