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Vatican puts art collection online. See the Sistine Chapel — and other Vatican-owned artworks — online. June 24, 2003, 7:44 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press.
The Vatican put its enormous art collection on the Web on Tuesday, launching a new site for the Vatican Museums that it hopes will attract more tourists while also disseminating the Church's ...
The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum, located near the food court and right before the main exit, houses tens of thousands of artifacts and art made by Indigenous peoples from around ...
The Vatican Museums have only a small section dedicated to modern artists like Giorgio de Chirico and Henri Matisse, and contemporary spiritual art is obviously absent from dioceses across the world.
Mario Bertolini’s vast collection of Modern art, amassed over his lifetime and donated to the museum in 2014, is at the centre of a claim seeking to invalidate the acquisition James Imam Getty ...
The Vatican Museums’ Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art was established in 1973 at the behest of Pope Paul VI to revitalize the disconnected relationship between the Church and ...
Basso was also an avid art collector, and therein lies the tale. Some years ago, Basso bequeathed to the Fabbrica of San Pietro, the administrative office for the basilica, 30 fireproof containers ...
As Pope Francis leads a softening of homophobic attitudes from within the Vatican, tour groups will soon see the gay-themed art on display there. Justin Jones Published Jan. 18 2015 6:45AM EST ...
Artist Alessia Babrow holds the Vatican stamps next to her street art during an interview with The Associated Press, at the Vatican, May 14, 2021.