Tucked away on the third floor of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, a gruesome scene is playing out. A depiction of a woman beheading a man is the subject of famous Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi ...

Certain artists arrive to us fully formed. The Baroque artist Caravaggio — iconic for his dramatic chiaroscuro and stormy ...

Sometimes development in the history of art involves a break with tradition. Consider three examples. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) inaugurated his career by painting naturalistic ...

For the first time in the U.S., an exhibit from Italy showcases masterpieces of the Baroque period of art. The St. Peterburg Museum of Art will host this exhibit until March 22nd. Visitors can see two ...

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Mass layoffs at the MFA Boston, the Newark Museum of Art gets a new director, and why we can never get enough of Caravaggio.

It’s difficult to believe, given the current high reputation of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), that he was ever considered to be anything but one of the great figures of Italian ...

The painting’s tale centers on a British princess, Ursula, traveling to Rome in the late 4th century with 11,000 virgins, and then on to Cologne, where the Huns behead the entire entourage and the ...

“Caravaggio 2025” at the Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini in Rome (specifically, in the building known as the Palazzo Barberini) was almost certainly the most sought-after exhibition of the past ...

This beautifully produced graphic biographical novel depicts the violent world of a great artist, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), whose fiery temperament erupted both on canvas and on ...

Lawrence Nichols, who retired from the Toledo museum in 2021 after a distinguished, 29-year career, vowed from his arrival there in 1992 to do an exhibition that would assemble as many Caravaggios as ...