Michelangelo - Finestre sull'Arte

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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Extraordinary maintenance on Michelangelo's Last Judgment will be initiated in 2026

An extraordinary maintenance operation on Michelangelo's Last Judgment will begin in 2026. This operation will be in addition to the ordinary one, carried out annually through the use of a mechanical lift. The need for the extraordinary action stems ...
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In Milan, Jorge R. Pombo's monumental work reinterpreting the Last Judgment.

From June 27 to September 18, 2025, the Cathedral Space of the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan will host Giudizio Universale, the new monumental project by Catalan artist Jorge R. Pombo (Barcelona, 1973). The initiative, promoted by the City of Milan an...
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Florence Academy Gallery: summer evening openings return, every Tuesday until 10 p.m.

From June 3 to July 22, 2025, the Accademia Gallery in Florence is extending its opening hours to the public for the summer. Every Tuesday, the museum will remain accessible until 10 p.m., with last admission at 9:15 p.m. The initiative, already posi...
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A major exhibition in Venice with works by great masters on the conception of the body in the Renaissance

From April 4 to July 27, 2025, the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice will host the major exhibition Modern Bodies. The Construction of the Body in Renaissance Venice. Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Giorgione, which aims to investigate the centra...
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Michelangelo's Pieta shines with new iGuzzini lighting in St. Peter's Basilica

A masterpiece of Renaissance art enjoys a new light. We're talking about Michelangelo's Pieta, preserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, one of the most famous sculptural groups in art history, which now benefits from an innovative lighting project ...
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A drawing by Michelangelo hits the market: it is recognized as the first of his career

When, in 2019, art historian Timothy Clifford announced that he had identified the first known work of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) the stir was great: then, for some time, the drawing he attributed to a very young Michelangel...
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