Today would have been the 445th birthday of Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. He died young, at just 38, but the world remains captivated by his dramatically-lit canvases, which often depict brutal ...

Caravaggio is a disturbing, unsavory, alluring, provocative, and for some, polarizing figure. No one would accuse him of being tender or a humanist. Some might say that he lacked empathy, but that ...

An unlikely art-historical find could make waves at auction this summer when a painting that experts claim is the long-lost second version of Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (circa 1607) hits ...

The Mint Museum is bringing a blockbuster exhibit to Charlotte, featuring Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio — the legendary ...

"The Lute Player" formerly of Badminton House, which Art Recognition claims is a genuine Caravaggio based on AI analysis (image via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) An artificial intelligence company ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Something is hiding in Caravaggio’s blood. Look closely, and you’ll find words. In ...

The exhibition features works from important institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and private collections that rarely allow access to their works. Among the 24 works brought ...

PARIS — It was a benign search for the source of a leaky roof that brought the French homeowners face-to-face with the stunningly gruesome painting entombed Cask of Amontillado-style in a sealed area ...

400 Years after Caravaggio’s death, an incredible exhibition of the Italian master’s works shines in Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale. The most perfect knee in the history of art appears in a painting by ...

A sharp chill settled over Metro Detroit Tuesday as high temperatures struggled to reach 39 degrees at Detroit Metro Airport, well below early April averages of the mid-50s, but a steady warming trend ...

"Caravaggio | Revolution: Baroque Masterpieces from the Roberto Longhi Foundation" opens April 26.

Italy Buys Caravaggio Painting for About $35 Million, One of Its Largest Payouts for a Single Work ROME (AP) — Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros ...