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“The Brilliance of Caravaggio: Four Paintings in Focus” opens this weekend at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Canaday Gallery. The public opening will occur Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. in the Libbey Court with music provided by yhe BGSU Early Music Ensemble directed by Arne Spohr and Caroline Chin. Admission: $10 per visitor; free for Toledo Museum of A...

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Caravaggio is known for the techniques he used in his paintings to create a dramatic atmosphere. He was the pioneer of tenebrism, the technique used to create extreme darks and lights within a painting, allowing for a dark and moody atmosphere. However, his artwork was not the only dark aspect of his life. Caravaggio’s life was full of gambling, dr...

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One of my favorite things about living in Rome is how much stunning art and architecture you can see by just walking around the city and popping into churches. In Rome, not only do we have three churches but also museums and palazzos where you can see many masterpieces by one of the world's most celebrated artists, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...

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Art museums like to offer exhibitions of different size and scope. At one end of the spectrum are blockbusters, attention-grabbing shows with dozens of works that shake up the understanding of an artist or movement or put forward some novel thematic treatment. At the other, are focused, jewel-box presentations. Instead of trying to make any big art...

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, better known simply as Caravaggio,  in Naples lived for only eighteen months between October 1606 and June 1607 and subsequently in the autumn of 1609 until his death occurred in 1610 in Porto Ercole on the return journey from Naples to Rome. Despite the brevity, it was an intense and fundamental period for his ar...

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As well as a scofflaw and murderer, 17th-century Italian painter Caravaggio was one of the most thrilling, and ground-breaking, artists in Italy. And his paintings—which changed Italian art history forever—tell the fascinating stories, and hint at the personal torment, behind the artist.  So here are a few of our favorite Caravaggio paintings in It...

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The Minneapolis Institute of Art is borrowing a famous work by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio from Rome for a temporary display. On Friday, MIA announced that the painting “Judith and Holofernes,” also known as "Judith Beheading Holofernes" is currently on display on the museum’s third floor.  The work, which was completed in 1599, is on loan fr...

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I teach Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, so when I was visiting Rome in January 2023, how could I not try to see a notorious villa that was up for sale and involved in a nasty inheritance dispute? The Villa Aurora, named for the masterful fresco by the 17th-century artist Guercino that adorns the ground-floor salon, also happens to house a rare...

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The masterful paintings of 16th-century artist Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), better known as Caravaggio, continue to fascinate more than 400 years after his death. The artist's paintings combine a gritty, realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, and make dramatic use of chiaroscuro. Caravaggio is also remembered as...

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A new film about the tumultuous life of Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi, known to the world as Caravaggio, is set for release in cinemas across Italy on 3 November. The Italian-language movie, titled L'Ombra di Caravaggio (Caravaggio's Shadow), is directed by Michele Placido and stars Riccardo Scamarcio as the brilliant but tormented art...

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