--- title: 2015_Strebe_Smithsonian date: 2017-10-11T11:08:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2015-strebe-smithsonian" section: News --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) This Ear was Made with Vincent Van Gogh's DNA The Smithsonian Nov 09, 2015 "Visitors don't have to merely look at the ear—they can talk into it, too" Vincent van Gogh's ear is nearly as famous as his jaw-dropping *Starry Night*. Though its final resting place may never be found—as the legend goes, he severed off part of his ear and then gave it to a prostitute—museumgoers in New York can get a look at the next best thing. *ArtNet*'s Sarah Cascone reports that a living replica of van Gogh's ear, created using the artist's DNA, is now on display at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York City. The ear is the gruesome brainchild of Diemut Strebe, a conceptual artist who partnered with scientists from MIT and other universities to create a copy of van Gogh's ear. Using DNA extracted from a stamp licked by the artist, as well as cell samples collected from van Gogh's great-great-grandnephew, Strebe and team created "Sugababe," an artificially grown ear suspended in a clear gel. **[Read more here](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ear-made-with-van-gogh-dna-180957230/?no-ist)** Related News & Press Dec 07, 2015 [ ![Strebe Le Scale Della Divina Commedia From Wigners Friends 2015](/assets/exhibition_images/Strebe/2015-Free-Radicals_Strebe/Strebe-Le-Scale-della-Divina-Commedia-from-Wigners-Friends-2015.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2015-strebe-artsy) Dec 07, 2015 Artsy [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [Diemut Strebe’s Technologically Advanced Thought Experiments](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2015-strebe-artsy) Nov 03, 2015 [ ![Mg 7551](/assets/exhibition_images/Strebe/2015-Free-Radicals_Strebe/MG_7551.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2015-strebe-creators) Nov 03, 2015 Creators [Diemut Strebe](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [Living, Hearing Copy of van Gogh's Ear Goes on Display](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2015-strebe-creators) Nov 22, 2014 [ ![Brodsky Moscow Times Thumbnail](/assets/exhibition_images/Brodsky/thumbnails/brodsky-moscow-times-thumbnail.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2014-brodsky-moscow-times) Nov 22, 2014 The Moscow Times [Alexander Brodsky](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/alexander-brodsky) [Russia's Greatest Living Architect Brodsky Opens New Exhibit](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2014-brodsky-moscow-times) Nov 06, 2017 [ November Exhibitions ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017-november-exhibitions) Nov 06, 2017 Ronald Feldman Gallery [November 2017 Exhibition Announcements](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017-november-exhibitions) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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