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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On the scaffolding of Michelangelo's Last Judgment: how the colors of the masterpiece are reborn

The action is quick and painless, the result immediate and comforting under the magnificent vault of the Sistine Chapel. That veil of white that has thickened exclusively over Michelangelo's Last Judgment, dulling the 391 figures painted by the maste...
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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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Sistine Chapel, start of extraordinary maintenance of Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Extraordinary maintenance of Michelangelo 's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel has begun, one of the most delicate and long-awaited conservation interventions in recent years on one of the absolute masterpieces of art history. The start of the work...
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At Palazzo Fava the "suspended ticket" to visit Michelangelo

Palazzo Fava(Bologna) kicks off the suspended ticket project, an initiative designed to extend access to culture and make the museum a more inclusive space. Promoted by Fondazione Carisbo and Opera Laboratori, in collaboration with ASP Città d...
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Michelangelo's lost drawing for the Sistine Chapel resurfaces, to be auctioned in 2026

A drawing by Michelangelo (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) for the Sistine Chapel vault emerges on the market: it is a rare and recently discovered sheet, and is one of the few drawings by the Tuscan artist still in private hands. It is, moreover, the on...
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