Michelangelo: the last decades
Location
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
Description
This exhibition has now closed
This exhibition runs from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Sunday 28th July 2024.
In 1534, Michelangelo left Florence for Rome, never to see his native city again. He was 59, which many contemporaries regarded as old, but for Michelangelo this move marked the beginning of a dramatic new chapter which would fundamentally shape his experiences as an artist and as a man.
This exhibition looks at the last 30 years of Michelangelo's remarkable life, when his return to Rome - having been summoned by Pope Clement VII to paint a fresco of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel - brought him new commissions and reunited him with some of his closest friends.
Having secured his reputation with works including his famous statue of David, Michelangelo was already the most celebrated artist in Europe. But, rather than resting on his laurels, his Christian faith, intellectual engagement and hope of eternal life propelled him to produce some of the most striking works of his career. Forceful preparatory drawings for the Last Judgment as well as the recently conserved Epifania - one of only two surviving cartoons by Michelangelo - show his renewed energy and desire to challenge himself.
These works are displayed alongside studies for Michelangelo's grand architectural projects as well as drawings, poems and intimate letters that reveal his personal passions and anxieties. Rather than showing an artist in decline, this exhibition shows the astonishing dynamism that Michelangelo brought to his work in the final decades of his life as he explored salvation and confronted his mortality.
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This exhibition runs from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Sunday 28th July 2024.
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British Museum
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
This exhibition runs from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Sunday 28th July 2024.
This event runs over several days/weeks. Dates include:
May 2024
- Thu 2nd May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 3rd May 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 4th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Sun 5th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Mon 6th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Tue 7th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Wed 8th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Thu 9th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 10th May 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 11th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Sun 12th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Mon 13th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Tue 14th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Wed 15th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Thu 16th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 17th May 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 18th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Sun 19th May 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Mon 20th May 2024
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(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 24th May 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 25th May 2024
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(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Tue 28th May 2024
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June 2024
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(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 8th Jun 2024
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(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Thu 13th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 14th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 15th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Sun 16th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Mon 17th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Tue 18th Jun 2024
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(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 22nd Jun 2024
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(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 28th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 29th Jun 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Sun 30th Jun 2024
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(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 6th Jul 2024
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(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Thu 11th Jul 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 12th Jul 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 13th Jul 2024
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(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Fri 26th Jul 2024
(10:00am to 8:30pm - Late closing) - Sat 27th Jul 2024
(10:00am to 5:00pm) - Sun 28th Jul 2024
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