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Rome Fresco Altered After Complaints Over Giorgia Meloni Likeness

02/09/2026

The face of an angel who appeared to resemble Italy’s right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been removed from a fresco in a Rome church after complaints from Vatican officials. The image appeared in a chapel of the Basilica of …

Метки : искусствополитический скандалиталияджорджия мелониватиканфреска

Pope Leo Repatriates 62 Indigenous Artifacts from Vatican to Canada

12/13/2025

After years of negotiations starting with a visit by the late Pope Francis in 2022, the Vatican repatriated a wealth of Indigenous cultural treasures that were unveiled this week in a warehouse belonging to the Canadian Museum of History. The …

Метки : #культураискусствоватиканрепатриациякоренные народыпримирение

The Phillips Collection to sell works by O’Keeffe, Dove, and Seurat

11/18/2025

The HeadlinesCONTROVERSIAL SALE. The Phillips Collection, the art museum located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, plans to auction major works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges Seurat at Sotheby’s New York on November 20, sparking controversy. …

Метки : искусствомузейватиканкультурное наследиеджорджии о’кифсовременное искусство

Vatican to Return Cultural Objects to Indigenous Groups in Canada

10/23/2025

The Vatican will return several dozen cultural objects to Indigenous communities in Canada as part of a continued reckoning with the role the Catholic Church played in the oppression of Indigenous groups in the Americas. The objects include an Inuit …

Метки : ватикан#культуракоренные народывозвращениепризнаниеискусства

Vatican Unveils Last of Four Restored Raphael Rooms

06/30/2025

After a decade-long cleaning and restoration, the Vatican Museums recently unveiled the “last and most important” room in the Apostolic Palace belonging to a group known as the Raphael Rooms. The process uncovered a “novel mural painting technique” through the …

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Van Gogh's 'Sower at Sunset' Features in Pope Leo's General Address

05/23/2025

Vincent van Gogh made a surprise appearance at the first address by Pope Leo XIV—in spirit, at least. On Wednesday, the Chicago native’s speech pondered the Post-Impressionist’s 1888 painting, The Sower at Sunset, in which a sinking celestial body washes …

Метки : ван гогпапа лев xivискусствопритчаватикан#культура

Vatican Museums Closed Indefinitely for Papal Conclave

04/28/2025

The Vatican Museums, which includes the Sistine Chapel, has been closed to the public as Vatican City prepares for the gathering of cardinals who will vote to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis on April 28. …

Метки : ватиканпапа францискискусствоконклавреституция#культура

Pope Francis, Who Championed Contemporary Art, Dies at 88

04/23/2025

Pope Francis, Who Championed Contemporary Art, Dies at 88 Pope Francis, who led the Catholic Church for twelve years, during which time he was a vocal and effective supporter of the arts, died on April 21 of stroke and heart …

Метки : папа францисксовременное искусстворепатриацияватиканбиеннале#культура

Antoni Gaudí Moves a Step Closer to Receiving Sainthood

04/15/2025

The Vatican has moved Antoni Gaudí, the architect behind Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia church, a step closer toward achieving sainthood. On April 14, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, with authorization from Pope Francis, issued a decree recognizing …

Метки : гаудиватикансвятостьархитектурасаграда фамилияканонизация

Vatican Pavilion at Venice Biennale to Feature Maurizio Cattelan

03/14/2024

The Vatican has announced Conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan as among the artists appearing in its pavilion at the SixtiethVenice Biennale, slated to take place April 20–November 24. Cattelan made headlines in 2019 with hisComedian, a banana duct-taped to a wall; …

Метки : художникватиканвенецианская биенналемаурицио каттеланпавильонконцептуальное