Artists have been fascinated for centuries by the death and destruction heaped on the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the fateful year 79.

Dominic Palarchio , a contemporary artist based in New York, is the latest to venture a new take on a disaster for the ages. His recent drawings of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples form the core of a small, delectable exhibition on view through Sept. 27 at Abattoir Gallery , 3619 Walton Ave., Cleveland.

Established during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 , the diminutive commercial gallery is a project of veteran curator and art dealer Lisa Kurzner. It’s an essential fixture in the city’s arts ecology, tucked into the Hildebrandt Building, a late 19th-century meatpacking plant now filled

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