Caravaggio - Finestre sull'Arte

Caravaggio and the twentieth century between Roberto Longhi and Anna Banti, the exhibition in Florence

Florence is preparing to host Caravaggio and the Twentieth Century. Roberto Longhi, Anna Banti, an exhibition that, from March 27 to July 20, will transform Villa Bardini into a crossroads of art history, literature and culture. Curated by Cristina A...
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Major Caravaggio exhibition coming to Rome. "One of the most ambitious ever."

A jubilee exhibition on Caravaggio is coming to Rome's Palazzo Barberini. For now, not much is known: all that is known are the dates, March 7 to July 6, 2025, the title(Caravaggio 2025) and the names of the curators, namely Francesca Cappelletti (di...
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Caravaggio for the first time in Romania: works from the Longhi Foundation on a trip to Timisoara

From November 16, 2024 to February 28, 2025, the Timișoara National Museum of Art is hosting a selection of works from the Roberto Longhi Foundation on a trip to Romania: the selected works go to make up the exhibition Luminile lui Caravaggio - &Ici...
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Roberto Bolle plays Caravaggio: ballet about Lombard painter debuts in Italy

Mauro Bigonzetti's ballet Caravaggio, starring étoile Roberto Bolle, promoter of the project and star of the show precisely as Caravaggio, lands in Italy. The show, which debuted in 2008 with the Staatsballett Berlin, will be staged at the Tea...
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A never-seen Caravaggio is revealed for the first time: the Portrait of Maffeo Barberini in Rome

A never-before-seen Caravaggio is unveiled to the public. In fact, from Nov. 23, 2024 to Feb. 23, 2025, the National Galleries of Ancient Art in Rome will host an event of historic significance: the first public exhibition of the Portrait of Monsigno...
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Prado's David may not be by Caravaggio: expert's doubts after restoration

One of the most authoritative scholars of Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610), Alessandro Zuccari, has questioned the authorship of one of the best-known paintings attributed to the Lombard painter, the Prado Museum's David and Goliath : ac...
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Reflection on Madrid's Ecce Homo: it is not by Caravaggio

Of theEcce Homo (Fig. 1) presented as a work by an unknown follower of Ribera in a sale on April 8, 2021, by the Ansorena Auction House in Madrid, which caused a great uproar in the art world almost uniformly inclined to recognize it as a masterpiece...
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Caravaggio's Ecce Homo discovered in 2021 goes on display at Prado in Madrid

The Prado Museum and Colnaghi announce the loan of the famous masterpiece by Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610),Ecce Homo discovered in 2021, to the great Madrid museum at the request of the painting's new owner. The Prado Museum will pres...
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