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Where the Sun Sleeps is an evocative installation by Romanian artist Tincuța Marin unfolding in the historic Oratorio dei Crociferi alongside Palma il Giovane’s most significant Renaissance cycle of paintings. Chronicling the Crociferi Order’s evolution from its 12th-century beginnings in support of the Crusades to its liturgical and charitable transformation, these works provide a profound context for Marin’s exploration. Executed between 1583 and 1592, Palma’s cycle is one of the few singular artistic achievements of sixteenth-century Venetian art, rivalling Tintoretto’s work for the Scuola …