Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields show ‘Embodied’ explores the human figureINDIANAPOLIS — Embodied: Human Figures in Art, an exhibition currently on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, consists entirely of artworks from the museum’s permanent collection and is displayed in a newly renovated corridor of galleries leading directly to the Clowes Pavilion, which will open in early 2022. All of the featured […]
Caravaggio’s restored ‘Lazarus’ masterpiece on show in RomeROME (AFP) – A Caravaggio masterpiece, The Raising of Lazarus, went on show Friday at Rome’s Museo di Roma after a meticulous seven-month restoration. One of the Renaissance master’s most important works, it was painted in Sicily soon after he fled from Malta, where he had taken refuge after being sentenced to death for killing […]
In Review: Brilliant bio of Italian painting’s bad boyCaravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (W.W. Norton), by Andrew Graham-Dixon: More than 400 years after his death, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is more popular than ever. Long lines form outside exhibitions of his art, and by one scholar’s count, he’s been written about more in recent decades than his namesake, Michelangelo Buonarroti. Caravaggio’s celebrity […]
Police seize stolen Caravaggio, make arrestsBERLIN (AP) – A Caravaggio painting stolen from a museum in Ukraine two years ago was recovered by police as four men tried to sell it in Berlin, official said Monday. Police confiscated the circa-1602 painting – known as The Taking of Christ, or The Kiss of Judas – and arrested the three Ukrainians and […]