Friday Links: drunk museum dates, Michelangelo’s shopping list, and more

Photographer: Robert Howlett | Isambard Kingdom Brunel, builder of the Great Eastern | ca. 1857-1858 | George Eastman House, eastmanhouse.org

Some stories we’ve been reading this week:

• The story behind the first nude sculpture many Americans ever saw.
• The title says it all: When your OkCupid date to the museum shows up totally wasted.
• A couple of weeks ago we gave you Da Vinci the cook, now we bring you Michelangelo’s illustrated grocery list.
• And on the topic of Renaissance and food, this painting reveals how breeding changed watermelons forever.
• An “underwater archaeologist” and his team found the lost Egyptian city of Heracleion, which has been submerged for 1,500 years. The photos are amazing.

• A fascinating interview with the founder of a prison art program.
• A tour of the art on the Victoria subway line in London—”the best art in the Underground,” according to the London Review of Books.
• Who knew? New York City has public art that’s older than the city itself.