Michelangelo Buonarroti - Finestre sull'Arte

On RaiPlay the short film "David and I" about the birth of Michelangelo's David

On the occasion of World Art Day (April 15), the animated short film David and I, the debut work of director Marilù Rainò, was presented at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome, in the press room of the Chamber of Deputies. The project, produce...
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Is the Pieta popping up in Belgium by Michelangelo? No: here's what you need to know

After the case of the bust of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, the last few days a new proposed attribution to Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) concerning a painting depicting a Pieta has rekindled the interest of scholars and observers...
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20 new works by Michelangelo discovered? Not quite. Here's what we know

Have twenty new works by Michelangelo Buonarroti really been discovered, kept in a secret room, as so many newspapers are saying these hours? Not really: let's go in order. The news starts from a study by an independent researcher, Valentina Salerno,...
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Rare Michelangelo study for Sistine Chapel sold at Christie's: record

New world record for a work by Michelangelo at auction: it happened at Christie's in New York, where a rare study for the Libyan Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel sold for $27.2 million (23.10 million euros). And to think that this figure was the result...
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Michelangelo and Rodin in dialogue and comparison in an exhibition at the Musée du Louvre

From April 15 to July 20, 2026, the Louvre will host in the Hall Napoléon the exhibition Michel-Ange/ Rodin. Corps Vivants, curated by Marc Bormand and Chloé Ariot, and organized by the Musée du Louvre with the collaboration of t...
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Michelangelo arrives in Palermo: the Giustiniani cross-bearing Christ at the Royal Palace

Michangelo Buonarroti 's Christ Carrying the Cross preserved in the Monastery of San Vincenzo in Bassano Romano, also known as the Giustiniani Christ or the First Christ of Minerva, will be exhibited in Palermo in the Royal Apartments of the Royal Pa...
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Michelangelo's River God returns to Florence's Accademia delle Arti del Disegno

From Oct. 19, 2025, Florence welcomes back one of the most extraordinary models of the Renaissance. The Fluvial God byMichelangelo, designed for the Medici tombs in the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, returns to theAccademia delle Arti del Disegno, wher...
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A web-app narrates Michelangelo between the halls of the Accademia Gallery and the city of Florence

On the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564), the Accademia Gallery in Florence presents a new digital tool dedicated to the Renaissance genius. It is called Michelangelo 550 and is a web-app designed ...
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