Michelangelo - Finestre sull'Arte

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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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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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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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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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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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel through the centuries: the exhibition at Casa Buonarroti

From September 24, 2025 to January 7, 2026, Florence will host a new exhibition dedicated to one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of Western art. Indeed, Casa Buonarroti will open the exhibition Michelangelo's La Sistina. A Multimedia Icon...
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