Roman women's hairstyles decoded in Kunsthistorisches Museum exhibition

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has opened 'My Story', a special exhibition that uses Roman marble portraits to explore the significance of hairstyles in ancient portraiture. The show features two previously unseen female portraits and is part of a broader research project investigating the 'biographies' of ancient sculptures, focusing on how post-ancient alterations affect their interpretation. The museum's Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities holds around 250 Roman marble portraits, and the exhibition examines how hairstyles provide clues for dating and identifying subjects.