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What About Clients? (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

Caravaggio's The Cardsharks...

St. Matthew

The Ironic Catholic (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008

The Calling of St. Matthew, Caravaggio Some long time readers know the Feast of St. Matthew is special to me . So this Sunday...Praise to God for all good gifts. And Happy Call to New Life to you, too! http://www.ironiccatholic.blogspot.com

The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi

Catholic Fire (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008

St. Francis in Ecstasy CARAVAGGIO c. 1595 Oil on canvas Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, Connecticut The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi In the year 1224 as he was rapt in deep contemplation on Mt. Alverna Christ the Lord by a stupendous miracle imprinted the marks of his passion on the saint's body. ~Taken from the Proper Offices of Franciscan Saints Prayer Almighty God, You renewed the marks of the...

War Requiem (R2) in November

DVD Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

News: Second Sight have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of War Requiem on 10th November 2008 priced at £19.99 RRP. To coincide with its 20th Anniversary director Derek Jarman's (Jubilee, Caravaggio) epic and moving War Requiem is released on UK DVD f...

Creative Writing in the National Gallery

Irish Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

This Wednesday 10th September at 3pm, get down to the National Gallery for a workshop as part of the 'Arts for All Ages' programme they run for free. Responding to Art in ROom 42 - the lovely Caravaggio Room. Now there's a great role model for a troubled artist. He burst onto the Roman arts scene about 1600, lived hard and fast and had to run away from the city when he killed someone in a brawl about...

New ‘Orgiastic’ Agent Provocateur Campaign Debuts; Sean Avery Gathers Flowers

Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008

• The new Agent Provocateur campaign stars Peaches Geldof, Daisy Lowe , and Paz de la Huerta. "Chanelling the gothic decadence of Hogarth, Caravaggio, Rubens and Delaroche’s Execution of Lady Jane Grey, it is a seething orgiastic scene of girls on top, girls on girls and boys and beasts." Yessss! [ Times UK ] • Sean Avery has decorated a booth in the Beatrice Inn with sunflowers. He's keeping...

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Catholic Fire (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1608 Oil on canvas, 361 x 520 cm Saint John Museum, La Valletta Shortly after he had baptized Jesus, John the Baptist began to denounce Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee. Herod had divorced his own wife and taken Herodias, the wife of his half- brother Philip and also his own niece. John the Baptist declared, "It is not...

London's National Gallery:

The Economist (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Nicholas Penny has original plans for drawing crowds to the National Gallery in London “WE SO much need to sort out our exhibition programme,” says Nicholas Penny, who has been director of London’s National Gallery since February. Why should that be? The gallery’s exhibitions devoted to Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian and Velazquez were thrilling and hugely popular. But Mr Penny is disinclined to go on...

If only there was honour among art thieves

The blog art (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

Almost 40 years after Caravaggio's masterpiece went missing, the Oratory is still displayed as the scene of a crime

Caravaggio...

The Crescat (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

Arts, Briefly: A Caravaggio Is Stolen

New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008

A painting by Caravaggio was stolen in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

Caravaggio Stolen From Ukranian Museum

ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

The chiaroscuro work, alternately known as The Taking of Christ and The Kiss of Judas, was stolen some time between Tuesday night and early Thursday morning from a museum in Odessa....

Caravaggio Stolen!

Coxsoft Art News (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

Breaking news: Art News Blog (title link) reports that Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ , sometimes called The Kiss of Judas , has been stolen from Odessa's Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the Ukraine. The original source is Reuters ( CLICK ), which states the thieves bypassed the museum's outdated 1990's security system by removing a pane of glass from a window without breaking it, then cut...

Caravaggio's Kiss of Judas Stolen

Art News Blog (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

A Carravagio masterpiece has been stolen from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the Ukraine. The painting has been called both "The Taking of Christ" and "The Kiss of Judas" From a Reuters report "Police said they entered through a window, bypassing an outdated alarm system by removing a pane of glass rather than breaking it. They then escaped across the museum's roof." and.. "News reports said...

• Caravaggio work stolen from museum - Daily Express

Caravaggio's "Taking of Christ" Was Stolen from Museum in Odessa

Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008

OSESSA, UKRAINE - Art officials in Ukraine are bemoaning the theft of a Caravaggio painting this week. The chiaroscuro work, alternately known as The Taking of Christ and The Kiss of Judas , was stolen some time between Tuesday night and early Thursday morning from a museum in Odessa. Authorities believe that the thief or thieves bypassed the outdated alarm system by removing panes of glass to enter...

• Caravaggio work stolen from museum - Daily Express