Was Caravaggio Murdered by the Church?
His mysterious death at the age of 38 has been blamed variously on malaria, an intestinal infection, lead poisoning from the oil paints he used or a v...
His mysterious death at the age of 38 has been blamed variously on malaria, an intestinal infection, lead poisoning from the oil paints he used or a v...
Crane.tv | Posted 05.19.2012
Mike Ballard is a hard artist to categorise. Having started out in graffiti and street art, Ballard also dabbled in music production, often citing the...
Kerry Weber | Posted 02.22.2012
The holy family depicted here endured struggles, as modern families do, and they met those struggles with faith and perseverance and obtained the peace, if only fleeting, that we see in this painting.
Tom Rhodes | Posted 02.18.2012
"Sacrifice of Isaac" depicts Abraham about to prove his devotion to God by slitting the throat of his son Isaac when a winged angel steps in to intervene.
Posted 12.05.2011
In an age where we can use the internet to become DJ's, composers, directors and human encyclopedias, it makes sense we should get a chance to try out...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.27.2011
Since September 23rd, the oil painting of a young man leaning over a lake, attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, has been on display in the Museum of Fine Arts in Havana. After the listlessness of August, this art exhibit brings back to us the sensation of being a part of the world.
Posted 11.20.2011
Artists are often eccentric; that's part of their appeal. But there's a fine line between eccentricity and hide-your-kids lunacy, and the artists in t...
John M. Eger | Posted 11.19.2011
The best art transcends time and place and speaks directly to our common humanity, our sense of justice, our desire for truth. This is true for the work of Caravaggio.
Anne B. Kelly | Posted 04.13.2012
A fleshy tongue licks a supernatural, waxy pink flower in slow motion. Upon second notice, teenage girls clustered together invoke Caravaggio's penetr...
AP | Posted 09.06.2011
LONDON — A book chronicling a Chinese tragedy under Mao has won Britain's richest nonfiction book award, the Samuel Johnson Prize. Frank Dikott...
Posted 08.21.2011
London art historian and dealer Clovis Whitfield claims to have identified a previously unrecognized painting by early 17th-century master Caravaggio....
Posted 08.01.2011
At once seemingly straightforward and confusing, Goran Djurovic's paintings in "Borrow Light" offer riddles to their viewers. Swathed in the usual tra...
TIME | Posted 06.12.2011
On Sunday, artist Ai Weiwei -- best known for helping design the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium in Beijing -- was detained by Chinese authorities as pa...
Jane Chafin | Posted 05.25.2011
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011
ROME — Imagine being so close to Botticelli's Venus that you can see the strands of her blond hair, the shades of pink in her cheeks, the cracks...
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011
ROME — It seemed too good to be true: The discovery of a new painting by Caravaggio during the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of his...
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011
ROME — The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses a...
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011
ROME — Italian researchers said Friday that they may be close to identifying the remains of Caravaggio, the great Italian painter whose death 40...
The Globe and Mail | Posted 05.25.2011
Italian researchers believe they have found the remains of Caravaggio, but 400 years later some of the mysteries surrounding the death of the master a...
Telegraph | Posted 04.03.2012