Bach's "St. Mark Passion" has been long lost. This reconstruction, coming to Seattle, combines detective work on the music and innovative staging — along with a prominent role for a former "Fresh ...

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A record-breaking exhibition in Rome celebrates an artist who refused to live in the shadow of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...

Even Pope Francis was a fan; his favourite canvas, The Calling of St. Matthew, hangs in Rome’s church of San Luigi dei Francesi.

Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope”, Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He recalled that ...

Mon Dieu. And Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Matthew will always be emblazoned in my cerebral cortex.

Thank you for letting us know that Pope Francis’s favourite painting was Caravaggio’s “The Calling of St Matthew”. Mary Frances McAteer Kilmeague, County Kildare, Ireland ...

Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, "Hope," Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio . He recalled that during his ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, "Hope," Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He ...

(The Conversation) — The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s painting.