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The Uffizi Before, During, And After Covid-19
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The Uffizi Before, During, And After Covid-19

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The Uffizi Before, During, And After Covid-19

By Lucy Gordan A 1601 print showing Florence based on a 1557 original printed by Hieronymus Cock (1518-1570) The printer, Hieronymus Cock The Uffizi Galleries in Florence are a conglomeration of two museums and a public garden: the Uffizi itself (in a building designed by Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de’ [...]

Pope Francis Prays Pandemic Will End
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Pope Francis Prays Pandemic Will End

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Pope Francis Prays Pandemic Will End

By Lucy Gordan Newly-elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, prays in front of the Salus Populi Romani (Salvation of the People of Rome), a Marian icon in a chapel at St. Mary Major in Rome, March 14, 2013 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) Inside the Vatican readers for certain know of Pope Francis’ [...]

Raphael Superstar
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Raphael Superstar

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Raphael Superstar

By Lucy Gordan Madonna del Granduca Raphael's self-portrait With over 70,000 advance ticket sales from all over the world and, as of this writing (in late February) no cancelations in spite of coronavirus, the mega show three years in the planning “Raffaello 1520-1483” was opened on March 3 by Sergio Mattarella, the [...]

Raphael and his friends from Urbino
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Raphael and his friends from Urbino

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Raphael and his friends from Urbino

By Lucy Gordan As there were many exhibitions worldwide in 2019 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s death, 2020 will be Raphael’s turn. The “dio mortale,” as biographer Vasari nicknamed him, was born in the small central Italian city of Urbino in the Marches region, on March 28 or April 6, 1483 and [...]

“Australia Catalogue” highlights role of Vatican Museums
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“Australia Catalogue” highlights role of Vatican Museums

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“Australia Catalogue” highlights role of Vatican Museums

A catalogue, co-published by the Vatican Museums and Aboriginal Studies Press, lists and sheds light on the artifacts in the Vatican’s “Anima Mundi” Ethnological Museum section dedicated to Australia. Barbara Jatta, Director of the Museum talks of the fruitful collaboration that has led to this innovative publishing venture. The Vatican Museums this week hosted the launch of a [...]

“Are You Ready To Move Mountains?”
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“Are You Ready To Move Mountains?”

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“Are You Ready To Move Mountains?”

“Are You Ready To Move Mountains?” Interview with Eduardo Verastegui, Mexican Actor and Hollywood Producer From a little town in Northern Mexico, Eduardo Verastegui has made the American dream a reality: he became a Hollywood star, rich, famous and successful. Then one day he realized he didn’t want to be part of the negative stereotype of [...]

Correggio and Parmigianino

Correggio's "Noli Me Tangere" in the Prado Art in Parma in the 16th Century For the general exhibition-going public, Italian Renaissance art — and especially the art of the 16th century — tends to revolve around three great centers: Florence, Venice, and Rome. Instead, “Correggio and Parmigianino” — on at Rome’s Scuderie until June [...]

Fernando Botero and his Via Crucis

"The Crucifixion in Central Park" “Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life.” —Fernando Botero Born in Medellín, Colombia, on April 19, 1932, Fernando Botero, whose signature style, also known as “Boterismo,” depicts overly rotund human figures both in his paintings and in his sculptures, is one of today’s most prolific [...]

The Met's Christmas Tree and Crèche

On a visit to New York just before Christmas, our Art Editor Lucy Gordan visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art and spoke with European Sculpture Curator Dr. Wolfram Koeppe. Dr. Koeppe, what exactly is your position at the Museum and how long have you worked here? Dr. Wolfram Koeppe: My title is Marina Kellen French Curator [...]

Divine Beauty: From Van Gogh to Chagall and Fontana

Here: The Maccabees (1857-63) by Antonio Ciseri for the Church of Santa Felicita in Florence At the press preview of the exhibition “Divine Beauty,” on at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi through January 24, 2016, Giuseppe Cardinal Bettori referred to a benchmark sermon given by Pope Paul VI to a group of artists on May [...]

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