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We have recently translated into Spanish the press material for the first of the Dia Art Foundation<\/a>\u2019s projects at New York’s Hispanic Society<\/a> (it’s going to be a three-year collaboration). The exhibition has been conceived by Belgian artist Francis Al\u00ffs<\/strong>, who lives and works in Mexico City. Over the last two decades, Al\u00ffs has put together a large collection of nearly identical images of fourth-century Saint Fabiola<\/strong>, all based on a lost original painted in the nineteenth century by the French academic artist Jean-Jacques Henner<\/strong>. The exhibition includes nearly 300 images from the artist\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n The paintings are installed in the Society\u2019s mahogany-paneled North Building Galleries until 6 April 2008. Gathered from flea markets, antique shops, and private collections throughout Europe and America, Al\u00ffs\u2019s collection offers a window onto aesthetic, sociological, and theological values over the past century and more.<\/p>\n