Fearing Threats, Vatican Library Works with Cyber Security Firm to Fight Off Hackers
An effort to digitize various masterworks is currently underway.
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Missed Connections: A Novel Imagines Michelangelo in Istanbul
When Michelangelo begins to "overcome his fear and distaste for Muslim things," he embarks on a path that ends in his adorning the Sistine Chapel with Turkish figures.
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David Salle Touches God in Seldom-Seen Paintings Going to the Parrish Art Museum
Three works commissioned to commune with the Sistine Chapel have found a new home.
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Here’s Why the Season Finale of ‘Westworld’ Mentioned a Theory About Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel
On the season finale of HBO’s television series Westworld last night, Anthony Hopkins’s character, Dr. Robert Ford, referenced a theory about Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. He told another character…
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Morning Links: Subhash Kapoor Edition
The budget for the proposed Ground Zero Arts Center continues to shrink, now down to approximately half of its original cost at $200 million. <a…
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Pope Francis Meets With Homeless in the Sistine Chapel
Pope Francis visited 150 members of Rome's homeless population in the Sistine Chapel last Thursday during a dinner and private tour of the Vatican organized by Papal Almoner Archbishop Konrad Krajewsk…
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Art History, Now in Doll Form
Kyle Hilton had little trouble transforming the lead characters of Downton Abbey, Girls, and Breaking Bad into paper dolls, but he turned out to be unexpectedly confounded by Picasso. "I thought I…
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Top 7 New Art Bios for Summer Beach Reading
The season's page-turners: Lives of the artists, from Michelangelo to Nauman
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President Joe Biden Wore a Rolex Datejust Watch on His First Day in Office
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Victoria’s Secret’s Pink Launches Third Annual Pink With Purpose Scholarship
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Weezer Preview New LP ‘OK Human’ With ‘All My Favorite Songs’
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Larry Scott Out as Pac-12 Commissioner as Pandemic Year Caps Tenure
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