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Aquaman Star Jason Momoa Slammed for Photos Inside Sistine Chapel

by Elaine Velie May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

The site of Michelangelo’s famous frescoes has a strict no-photos policy.

Posted inArt

Is Rome’s House of Michelangelo the Real Deal?

by Anthony Majanlahti August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

A facade is all that remains of the fabled home of the Renaissance artist but the story around it raises more questions than it answers.

Posted inBooks

Michelangelo’s Last Two Decades Were His Busiest and Loneliest

by Lauren Moya Ford April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

William E. Wallace excavates a lesser-known but crucial final chapter of the artist’s approximately 75-year career.

Posted inFilm

SIN, a Gritty and Sublime Biopic of Michelangelo

by Paul D'Agostino, David Boffa and Thomas Micchelli February 20, 2021February 19, 2021

Andrei Konchalovsky’s film depicts an artist full of ambition, paranoia, loathing, and regret.

Posted inBooks

A Close, Dazzling Look at Michelangelo’s Painting

by David Carrier March 14, 2020March 13, 2020

Leo Steinberg’s compelling essays pull you into the interpretative process, asking you to see the drama he unpacks.

Posted inArt

In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola

by Maria Cynkier February 13, 2019February 12, 2019

While Michelangelo’s sketches are, like human existence, full of contradictions, Viola’s work relies primarily on empty spectacles.

Posted inIn Brief

UFC Legend Conor McGregor Looks Chiseled in Uncanny Statue

by Zachary Small July 11, 2018July 11, 2018

A sculpture of the world-renowned MMA fighter by artist Aspencrow evokes Michelangelo and includes some astonishing level of detail.

Posted inArt

Michelangelo Traces the States of Being and Non-being

by Joseph Nechvatal February 6, 2018February 5, 2018

Michelangelo’s sensitive phantasmagorical drawings are riveting because they are fierce and fragile; strength and tenderness, like figure and ground, are tied together, neither one complete without the other.

Posted inArt

Michelangelo’s Divine Magnitude and Picasso’s Parade of Power

by Barry Nemett January 27, 2018January 26, 2018

The intimate drawings of Michelangelo Buonarroti and the largest painting Pablo Picasso ever made.

Michelangelo visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Michelangelo exhibition
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Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle Visits Michelangelo the Artist at the Metropolitan Museum

by Benjamin Sutton January 25, 2018January 25, 2018

Michelangelo, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, went to see works by his Renaissance namesake this morning.

Posted inArt

The Pursuit of Art, 2017

by Thomas Micchelli December 30, 2017January 4, 2021

A year of truth-telling and electric painting.

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Michelangelo’s Majestic Humanity

by Thomas Micchelli November 11, 2017November 11, 2017

The Met’s new exhibition presents Michelangelo not as a demigod, but as a student, a thinker, a teacher, and a friend.

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