Caravaggio - Finestre sull'Arte

Caravaggio in Rome: an ambitious documentary, but with too many simplifications

We receive and publish this review, written by a reader who preferred not to sign himself, on the film Caravaggio in Rome. The Journey of the Jubilee, in Italian theaters from December 1 to 3, 2025. It is a special event that lands in cinemas from D...
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Audio from Andreotti trial pops up on Caravaggio cut into pieces

"The Caravaggio had been destroyed because ... in the way it had been rolled up, when the buyer was later to ... see it, he started crying and it was ... not. it was no longer in a condition to be used." It is in the words of justice collaborator Fra...
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Caravaggio in Rome: the film about the restless genius comes to theaters for three days only

Coming to Italian theaters as a special event for three days only,Dec. 1, 2 and 3, is the docu-film Caravaggio in Rome. The Journey of the Jubilee, directed by Giovanni Piscaglia on a subject by Didi Gnocchi, with screenplay by Eleonora Angius and na...
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In Milan, Friends of Brera kick off a series of lectures on seventeenth-century art history

With the arrival of autumn, Milan is preparing to welcome a new cultural season, marking the return of Storie dell'Arte, a project conceived by the Friends of Brera in collaboration with the City of Milan, the Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d'Euro...
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Caravaggio or not? After Rome exhibition, Ecce Homo still doesn't find consensus

In spite of all the hype, in spite of all the celebrations, and in spite of an exhibition that should have established a milestone, the question of the SpanishEcce Homo given to Caravaggio appears far from settled. If the major exhibition at Palazzo ...
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Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ will be permanently displayed in Ariccia: five-year agreement

After a series of exhibitions that attracted more than a hundred thousand visitors between 2023 and 2024, the Taking of Christ formerly in the Ruffo Collection, a work attributed to Caravaggio, returns to Ariccia, where it was already exhibited at th...
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But does it make sense to compare Caravaggio and Jago inside a museum?

I have a hard time believing that the Basket of Fruit on Caravaggio is innocent, especially if its supposed clarity should stand out by contrast when looking at it together with Jago's Basket of Arms that the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan has been d...
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Great Art at the Movies returns with degenerate art and Caravaggio in Rome

This fall, Nexo Studios ' "Great Art at the Movies" project will return to Italian theaters with two new special events: The Great Fear of Hitler - Trial of Degenerate Art, scheduled for November 3, 4 and 5, 2025, while Caravaggio in Rome. The Jubile...
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