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Pope Leo holds first mass as pontiff in Sistine Chapel

New leader says he wants a Catholic church that ‘illuminates the dark nights of this world’

The Guardian - UK

All eyes on Sistine Chapel for smoke as secret conclave begins to elect new pope

White smoke will confirm a new pontiff to lead the world’s Catholics has been chosen.

Evening Standard

‘You can see affection, love, respect, rivalry’: what happens when artists paint each other?

Ever since Raphael included Leonardo and Michelangelo in a crowd scene of one of his works, artists have had a fascination with depicting their peers, as a new exhibition reveals

The Guardian - UK

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The Vatican closes the Sistine Chapel to the public and prepares for a papal conclave

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis

The Independent UK

Something to look up to: how Michelangelo’s love and humility could influence the Sistine Chapel conclave

The artist’s frescoes hold many lessons for the cardinals who have to decide upon the next pope

The Guardian - UK

Conclave: the Vatican’s secret process for choosing a new pope

Cardinals will soon gather under Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling to elect Francis’s successor

The Guardian - UK

“Accidental Renaissance”: 72 Captivating Photos That Look Like They Should Be Paintings (New Pics)

It's not easy to take a great photo. But sometimes, if you get lucky, you can capture a masterpiece without even trying! The post “Accidental Renaissance”: 72 Captivating Photos That Look Like They Should Be Paintings (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘She has this power’: nun’s crucifix links Michelangelo to Velázquez

Exclusive: Bronze cast of Christ connected to Florentine artist to be sold alongside Spanish masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

Perspectives by Laurent Binet review – a dazzling Renaissance romp

The HHhH author’s entertaining whodunnit is stuffed with real-life artists behaving badly

The Guardian - UK

Oliviero Toscani obituary

Photographer and art director who oversaw a series of controversial ad campaigns for the Benetton fashion brand

The Guardian - UK

Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican

The Independent UK

‘Who did it, Michelangelo?’: Downing Street slammed for £80k renovation

The UK Government has been slammed after it spent up to £80,000 renovating the Downing Street press briefing room to rid it of “Tory blue”.

The National (Scotland)

‘Secret Figure’ Found Painted In Sistine Chapel, Art Expert Claims: “I Am Firmly Convinced”

"I am firmly convinced that this is Mary Magdalene." The post ‘Secret Figure’ Found Painted In Sistine Chapel, Art Expert Claims: “I Am Firmly Convinced” first appeared on Bored Panda.

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TV tonight: the most underwatched series in years returns one last time

It’s the glorious final season of emotional comedy Somebody Somewhere . Plus: Charles Dance is Michelangelo in Renaissance – The Blood and the Beauty. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Parmigianino: The Vision of St Jerome review – a wild religious masterpiece reborn

The genitals of the dreaming hermit Jerome are thrust into our eyeline in a quirky painting that gets more subversive the longer you look at it

The Guardian - UK

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty review – Charles Dance is gloriously game as Michelangelo

This astonishing docu-drama delves into the blazing rivalry between Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo – and Dance somehow resists the urge to ham it up to the max. Whatever you do, just don’t make a Ninja Turtles joke

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Charles Dance stars as Michelangelo in a Renaissance docudrama

Three rival artists bring 15th-century Italy to life in the first of a classy three-parter. Plus: true crime in a sleepy market town. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Ideas and originality are overrated – just ask Titian or Michelangelo

Stop telling yourself you have to create something unique, and perhaps you will free yourself to make something good, writes Nell Frizzell

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Ken Burns on Leonardo da Vinci: ‘He may be the person of the last millennium’

The legendary documentarian has taken on his first non-American subject for an expansive two-part docuseries

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view: how Leonardo, Van Gogh and Monet help us to transcend the gloom

Four exhibitions in London this autumn remind us that creativity and imagination are the opposite of authoritarianism

The Guardian - UK

A Spanish drunkard, exploding punks and a Renaissance showdown – the week in art

Leonardo and Michelangelo face off, the lucid art of the Mughal empire eclipses the Taj Mahal, and the Punjab comes to Compton Verney

The Guardian - UK

Picasso’s big impressions, Michelangelo’s fine lines and punk pop painting – the week in art

The modern master’s dazzling prints, a big Renaissance draw and Duggie Fields’ abundant archive – all in your weekly dispatch

The Independent UK

Michelangelo’s iconic Sistine Chapel painting may depict woman with breast cancer

‘It tells us something interesting about Michelangelo’, a medical historian tells The Independent

The Guardian - UK

Drawing the Italian Renaissance review – Christ, naked and muscly, leaps from the grave

Among dazzling works by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo from the Royal Collection, the sketches of lesser artists offer comfort and inspiration to future artists in this absorbing show

The Guardian - UK

Like a cricketing Michelangelo, Joe Root has chiselled his name in Test history

Modest England batter passed Cook’s runs milestone with a typically understated 35th century – and there’s more to come

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