Tag: Michelangelo
Munich: The exhibition “Golden Passion” in the Bavarian National Museum – Munich
There are stories in books, films and sometimes in reality where chance or fate and sometimes detective work bring separated people back together. In the Bavarian National Museum in Munich,…
Art historian Alexander Perrig has died: Michelangelo’s best friend – culture
He was Michelangelo’s friend, his best in this and the last century. For around seven decades, the art historian Alexander Perrig has studied – by no means exclusively, but repeatedly…
In Michelangelo’s Secret Room in Florence – Culture
The last stage is the most important. This one more, then turn around the ledge of the wall – and you stand in Michelangelo’s “Secret Room”. stanza segreta. The small…
Florence: Long-Hidden Michelangelo Room Opens – Culture
In the famous Medici burial chapels in Florence, a long-hidden supposed hiding place of Michelangelo will now be accessible to visitors. The Renaissance artist (1475-1564) is said to have stayed…
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Sculpture destroyed in fire in Naples
NAPLES “Venus in Rags”: Sculpture by artist Michelangelo Pistoletto destroyed in fire The sculpture “Venus in Rags” by Michelangelo Pistoletto in flames © Vigili del fuoco / DPA Michelangelo Pistoletto’s…
Tweets of the week: “Dad, who is Michelangelo? What club does he play for?”
Tweet of the week “Dad, who is Michelangelo? What club does he play for?” Michelangelo, a soccer player?! © IMAGO / Zoonar Between stripes on the face and Dadaist conversations:…
Video: US school principal after Michelangelo scandal "David": "I regret nothing"
At Tallahassee Classical School, the world-famous statue was part of art classes. Parents complained that sixth graders were shown “pornography.” The director had to resign. At Tallahassee Classical School, the…
An A4 sheet estimated at 30 million euros (OK, it’s a drawing by Michelangelo)
Do you have room on one of your walls for a 20 x 33 cm drawing? If so, all you have to do is have more or less 30 million…
Christie’s is auctioning off an old drawing. Is it by Michelangelo? – Culture
She was once a grande dame who demanded respect and admiration and experienced it: connoisseurship. At some point in the 20th century that was over, the grand old lady was…
Expo in Dubai: What’s down there
The Expo in Dubai shows a copy of Michelangelo’s famous statue of David – but not entirely. .source site