In June, the Italian Ministry of Culture announced the excavation of a new room, not yet open to the public, in the ruins of Pompeii. A few weeks later, a group of archaeologists gathered to marvel at it: walls covered with bright blue paint — an ex

This article is part of the Fine Arts Exhibits special section on the art world stretching boundaries with new artistsph dream, new audiences and new technology. “We found something.” Jesse Shelmire, a paleontologist with the San Diego Natural Histo