Three Humboldt penguins got a private tour of the museum, and it turns out they like Caravaggio.
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The Quality of Mercy, From Caravaggio to Conceptual Art
Like art, morality persists despite dramatic cultural transformations.
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Caravaggio and Bernini, Together at Last
We could call this exhibition a battle of the swaggerers.
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The Unlikely Pairing of Caravaggio and Daniel Buren
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
PARIS — In these paintings, you’ll find wine and drunken excess, along with all the accompanying decadent behavior: insult, turbulence, transgression, sacrilege, and provocation.