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The Big Review | Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini, Rome ★★★

Bringing together 24 compelling paintings by the Baroque master is a fine achievement, but this show does not live up to its lofty promise of rediscovering Caravaggio’s art in a new light

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Remembering Gianluigi Colalucci, who oversaw the 14-year restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel

The restorer expertly honoured the "oneness of a work of art" and always balanced its historical and aesthetic qualities

The Big Review: Raphael at the Scuderie del Quirinale

The stimulating show in Rome tells the life story of one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance—but in reverse