This exhibition looks at the last 30 years of Michelangelo’s remarkable life, when his return to Rome – having been summoned by Pope Clement VII to paint a fresco of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel – brought him new commissions and reunited him with some of his closest friends.
Daily: 10.00–17.00
Pistoletto is widely recognised as one of the most influential contemporary artists of his generation and a central figure within the Arte Povera movement.
Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 6pm Saturday, 10am - 6pm
Lévy Gorvy presents three works by the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto at 40 Albemarle Street, London that can be viewed from the street.
From the street
The catalogue for the new Bill Viola show at the Royal Academy – also featuring a group of Michelangelo’s best, most finished drawings – is careful to point out that it is not really proposing a rivalry, or even a close kinship, between the two artists.
31 January 2019
The Royal Academy brings together two artists Bill Viola and Michelangelo – born centuries apart – who explore the same universal themes with works of transcendent beauty and raw emotional power.
Daily 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
Last Wednesday, before the Frieze frenzy, I attended the opening of the Michelangelo Pistoletto exhibition, “Origins and Consequences” at the Mazzoleni gallery in Mayfair.
6 October 2018
Collating artworks from various private collections, the exhibition will focus on a selection of works spanning from 1958 to 2012.
Monday – Friday: 10 am – 6 pm Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm
An exhibition of works from celebrated Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s most recent series of mirror paintings, in which he directs his attention towards the subject of scaffali, or shelves.
Monday - Saturday, 10 - 6pm
The G F Watts Gallery, near Guilford, with one of very few art spaces in Britain that is basically dedicated to a single artist. Equivalents, perhaps, are Leighton House in Kensington, the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham, and maybe – just maybe – Damien Hirst’s splendid new gallery in Newport Street, Vauxhall. There, however, the great Damien has been careful to show work by artists other than himself, though most of what is on view comes from his own collection.
6 July 2017
G F Watts (1817 – 1904) had a career spanning over 70 years, this exhibition explores the major themes of Watts’s art: colour, cosmos and celebrity.
Tuesday to Sunday: 11am - 5pm Closed Monday, with the exception of Bank Holidays
The current Michelangelo & Sebastiano show at the National Gallery here in London is very much the kind of exhibition that one feels a great institution ought to be doing: spaciously presented, tirelessly scholarly, you couldn’t wish for a better introduction to these major names in Italian Renaissance art.
16 April 2017
Explore the extraordinary relationship between two great Italian masters, Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo, who found common ground in the fiercely competitive world of High Renaissance Rome. Comprising paintings, drawings, sculpture, and letters documenting correspondence between the artists, this groundbreaking exhibition presents works of striking force and originality.
Daily 10am–6pm Fridays 10am–9pm
The first ever exhibition devoted to the creative partnership between Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Sebastiano del Piombo (1455-1547), featuring exceptional loans, some of which have not left their collections for centuries is to open at London’s National Gallery in the Spring.
23 January 2017
A pair of remarkable bronze sculptures has been attributed to one of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists. The discovery follows… Read More
2 February 2015
Dario Franceschini, the Italian minister of culture, has announced that the state will invest €200,000 (£156,000) on an “anti-seismic plinth”… Read More
22 December 2014
The iconic statue of David by Michelangelo could crumble under the stress of its own weight because of “weak ankles”… Read More
4 August 2014
Outrage over an advert by an American weapons firm showing Michelangelo’s David holding an assault rifle has been expressed by… Read More
9 March 2014
Michelangelo’s Italian Renaissance masterpiece David-Appolo an earlier example of the famous Statue of David, which is located in the city… Read More
11 July 2012
The greatly anticipated exhibition of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s work, opened at the Serpentine today. Winner of the Golden Lion Award for… Read More
11 July 2011
Collectors and art world cognoscenti clamoured for first access to Stranieri Ovunque (Foreigners Everywhere) at the 60th edition of the Biennale di Venezia
6 May 2024
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, as both a revolutionary artist and a violent individual in a violent age, divides eras and opinions.
22 April 2024
Formerly known as The Queen’s Galleries the Royal art spaces in London and Edinburgh are transforming into The King’s Galleries
29 February 2024
Approximately 2000 missing, stolen, or damaged objects from the British Museum’s collection, predominantly classical gems and gold jewellery
2 February 2024
Artlyst has compiled a month-by-month guide to the best London art exhibitions coming in 2024.
15 January 2024
The Feast of Fools, an inaugural solo exhibition featuring the artistry of Eleanor Johnson, has opened at Gillian Jason Gallery in London.
5 December 2023
Presenting works in the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine National du Louvre, on Place Vendôme, in the Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris
28 October 2023
The City of Light undergoes a mesmerizing transformation into an epicenter of artistic brilliance. With Art Basel’s Paris+ Week
17 October 2023
Brittany played a significant role in developing Post-Impressionism and Pictorial Symbolism, with its Catholic culture a source of inspiration and Catholic artists among its pioneers.
17 August 2023
The British Museum has sacked a senior curator who worked at the British Museum for more than 30 years after priceless jewellery and gems vanished from a locked storage cupboard.
16 August 2023
You will soon be able to follow a London trail of three major public sculptures made by Nick Hornby.
1 August 2023
Simon Lee Gallery one of London’s most prestigious commercial spaces has gone into joint administration with the firm BDO LLP.
12 July 2023
The June Art Diary includes Gwen John, Marc Chagall, Louis Carreon, Peter Howson, Laura Knight, Cecilia Vicuña and Yun Hyong-keun
5 June 2023
