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The Latest Visitors to the Nelson Atkins Museum? A Trio of Penguins

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 19, 2020May 21, 2020

Three Humboldt penguins got a private tour of the museum, and it turns out they like Caravaggio.

Posted inArt

The Quality of Mercy, From Caravaggio to Conceptual Art

by David Carrier April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

Like art, morality persists despite dramatic cultural transformations.

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Caravaggio and Bernini, Together at Last

by Michael Glover November 9, 2019November 11, 2019

We could call this exhibition a battle of the swaggerers.

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The Unlikely Pairing of Caravaggio and Daniel Buren

by Joseph Nechvatal April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Kamel Mennour Gallery highlights the enduring power of chiaroscuro by pairing a long-lost Caravaggio masterpiece with a shimmering site-specific installation by conceptual artist Daniel Buren.

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Caravaggio’s Mark of Madness

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli November 10, 2018November 10, 2018

Caravaggio may have eluded a death sentence by fleeing to Malta and Sicily, but in the end there was nowhere to run.

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New Research Finds that Caravaggio Died of Sepsis, Not Syphilis

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 21, 2018September 26, 2018

Before established a certain cause of death for the Baroque painter, scientists first had to find his body.

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Caravaggio’s Fascination with Death

by John Yau June 18, 2017June 18, 2017

The artist’s last two paintings are as impetuous, violent, and racked with guilt as Caravaggio was himself.

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The Suggestive Compositions of a Mediocre Caravaggist

by Rob Colvin December 28, 2016December 29, 2016

The Metropolitan Museum’s Valentin de Boulogne show clarifies why this French follower of Caravaggio remains lesser-known, despite the leering details in many of his paintings.

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Lost Caravaggio May Have Been Discovered in French Attic

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 13, 2016April 14, 2016

A painting that a French family found in their attic while investigating a leaky roof may be a long-lost Caravaggio.

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From Michelangelo to Marden, Seven Fierce Fistfights from Art History

by Elena Goukassian January 15, 2016January 24, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — In her ongoing series Le ‘NEW’ Monocle, Shana Lutker creates stage sets and performances based on the circumstances and philosophical undertones of fistfights instigated by Surrealists in Paris in the 1920s.

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Which Artist Will Grace the UK’s New £20 Bill?

by Becca Rothfeld May 22, 2015May 22, 2015

The Bank of England has announced that a visual artist will grace the new £20 bill.

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Lost in the Darkness of Baroque Paintings

by Joseph Nechvatal April 2, 2015April 1, 2015

PARIS — In these paintings, you’ll find wine and drunken excess, along with all the accompanying decadent behavior: insult, turbulence, transgression, sacrilege, and provocation.

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