“Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience”: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28, 8 p.m. Dec. 29 and 2 and 8 p.m. Dec. 30; Manatee Performing Arts Center; $22-$32; 941-748-5875; manateeperformingartscenter.com After touring nationally, the theatrical production “Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience” will return starting Dec. 28 to Manatee Performing A...
READ MORE“Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a monument to a monument. With more than 200 works, and a core group of 133 drawings by the beyond-famous artist — the largest number ever assembled — on loan from some 50 front-rank collections, it’s a curatorial coup. More important, it’s an art historical tour de...
READ MOREFor the first time, visitors will be able to enter a hidden cell in the Medici Chapels where Michelangelo is thought to have covered the walls with sketches. Until some 40 years ago, no one realized that it existed. And when curators discovered a secret room beneath the Medici Chapels in the Basilico di San Lorenzo in Florence, its walls covered in...
READ MOREA life-size Sistine Chapel created by set designer Maurizio Sabatini is one of the scenes in which the important Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky is completing the shooting of "Il Peccato" ("The Sin"). The film is an emotional, visceral portrait of Renaissance artist and sculptor Michelangelo, shot entirely in Italy and in the Italian language....
READ MORETo immerse yourself in the works of Michelangelo, legendary 15-16th-century Italian sculptor, painter, and architect, make for cities like Rome to marvel at the Sistine Chapel and the Pietà, or Florenceto examine the genius of his David. And now, thanks to a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, art lovers can now add New York City to t...
READ MORE"Michelangelo divine draftsman & designer" è la nuova mostra ospitata dal MET - Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York sull'artista fiorentino Michelangelo Buonarroti. Inaugurata il 13 novembre, la mostra resterà aperta fino al 12 febbraio 2018. L'evento è reso possibile dalla generosità del Morgan Stanley e supportato inoltre dal Federal council o...
READ MOREAnnunciata la più grande esposizione mai realizzata dal Met sul Rinascimento e il genio del Buonarroti. Un importante corpus di disegni e diversi capolavori preziosi, incluso un dipinto realizzato in giovanissima età...Michelangelo star dei grandi musei internazionali, tra Europa e USA. Mentre è in corso (fino al prossimo 25 giugno) l’importante om...
READ MOREWhen Paolo Sorrentino was searching for the right title for his movie that then would have won the Oscar, he probably thought about Michelangelo. It’s the first name that stands out when someone is dreaming about Italian Art. It’s the first symbol of the splendor and the Italian creative genius. It’s – first of all – in the gestures and works of Mi...
READ MOREHave you ever wanted to visit the Sistine Chapel and see Michelangelo’s painted ceiling, but not yet had the opportunity to visit the Vatican? Wouldn’t it be great if, somehow, an authentic recreation of said painting could be conveniently brought to your area? For art enthusiasts and would-be travelers in New Jersey, a new art exhibit titled Up Cl...
READ MOREScott Sanders' job is to bring unusual experiences to the most common American activity — spending a day at the mall. His first big effort on that front opens in Paramus on Saturday, in a 20,000 square foot tent in the parking lot of New Jersey’s largest shopping mall, Westfield Garden State Plaza. He is the man behind Up Close: Michelangelo’s Sist...
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