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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)

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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 - US

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 Guardian - 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

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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

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Father of Georgia school shooting suspect charged over killings

Colin Gray, 54, faces several counts of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children. Plus, why so many models shoot for pop stardom

The Guardian - UK

From Van Gogh to Le Va, Rego to the Renaissance: the best exhibitions for autumn 2024

From this year’s Turner prize and pioneering scatter art to Monet’s London and Goya’s surreal visions – there’s something for all art lovers

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45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics)

Here's a new round of intriguing discoveries from the 'Today I Learned' subreddit that might surprise you as much as they surprised others. The post 45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘Unique opportunity’ to see Italian Renaissance drawings in London

Exhibition from royal collection will include about 160 works from Titian, Michelangelo, Leonardo and others

The Guardian - UK

It’s the art Olympics! The 20 greatest ever sporting artworks

From ancient fist-fighters to futurists on bikes, from starchy archers to a naked runner frozen in time … as the Games kick off in Paris, our critic ranks the finest depictions of sport in art

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 patch notes tease companion changes in the most Larian way: "No great work of art is ever finished, and so too is our approach to the art of snogging"

Even more picture-perfect smooches are underway

The Guardian - UK

Bill Viola, ‘the Rembrandt of the video age’, dies aged 73

The pioneer in new media and installation art worked with everyone from Nine Inch Nails to the Royal Academy in London, where his art was presented with Michelangelo’s

Evening Standard

The best exhibitions in London this summer, from Barbie to Vincent van Gogh

From rare works from Renaissance masters, to photography series celebrating play, the city is packed with dazzling art shows

Total Film

First trailer for animated spin-off show Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is here

Grab some pizza, the Turtles are back!

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