Botticelli
Botticelli’s Venus as ‘influencer’ in tourism campaign faces widespread ridicule
The use of a computerised mascot of the Renaissance figure to promote Italian culture has been described as “humiliating” and “grotesque”
First major show of Sandro Botticelli’s drawings to include five newly attributed works
Exhibition at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor will bring together 27 drawings and reunite Uffizi’s Adoration of the Magi with its preparatory designs for the first time
Minneapolis to host 'most comprehensive US show of Botticelli' with major loans from the Uffizi
The exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art features more than 45 works from the Florentine museum
Ten essential artworks to see in Florence
From Michelangelo's David to Botticelli's Birth of Venus, our guide tells you what to see and where to see it
Botticelli: my worries about the Man of Sorrows
The painting, sold last week at Sotheby's for $45.4m, was listed among workshop and studio pictures in Ronald Lightbown’s 1978 catalogue of Botticelli’s work, before being included as an autograph work in an exhibition at Frankfurt's Städel Museum in 2009. Here, in a pair of opinion pieces, two Renaissance experts give their contrasting views on its attribution
Botticelli's 'stunning and puzzling' Man of Sorrows
The painting, sold last week at Sotheby's for $45.4m, was listed among workshop and studio pictures in Ronald Lightbown’s 1978 catalogue of Botticelli’s work, before being included as an autograph work in an exhibition at Frankfurt's Städel Museum in 2009. Here, in a pair of opinion pieces, two Renaissance experts give their contrasting views on its attribution
Bacon and beasts: an in-depth look at the visceral new show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts
Plus, Botticelli in New York and gender in Asian art in San Francisco
Late Botticelli painting sputters at Sotheby’s Old Masters auction in New York, selling for $45.4m
The star lot of the sale, a rediscovered and austere portrait of Christ, hammered just below its estimate
'Cancelled' Madonna and Child found beneath Botticelli's $40m Man of Sorrows
Infrared images of the painting, which is due to be sold at Sotheby's in New York later this month, show that an earlier composition lies underneath
Restoration of Courtauld Gallery's Botticelli altarpiece yields surprising new discoveries
Technical studies on neglected painting cast valuable light on the workings of the Renaissance master's Florence studio and on the question of attribution
Another Botticelli hits the market: Sotheby's to sell Botticelli's The Man of Sorrows for in excess of $40m
Auction house will sell the painting in January and is dubbing it "The defining masterpiece of Botticelli's late career". But what exactly does that mean?
Extract | How Sandro Botticelli brought Dante’s Divine Comedy to life
New book by Martin Kemp considers the impact of poet’s vision of divine light on artists such as Michelangelo and Titian
Today’s obsession with assigning singular attribution to Old Masters may be lucrative, but it is often misleading
The cult of the individual reigns supreme but in reality Renaissance works were often not made by one hand
'Looking just gorgeous': Granddaughter of $80m Botticelli's former owner on living with the masterpiece
Suzy Lewis recalls the "absolute disaster" of the painting's 1982 sale
Why Sotheby's $80m Botticelli continues to mystify experts
Star lot of upcoming New York Master Week sales is set to smash previous auction record for the Early Renaissance painter
Remembering Dante—Uffizi unveils online exhibition of 'Divine Comedy' drawings by Federico Zuccari
Florence gallery also planning vast exhibition dedicated to the poet in Forlì featuring works by Michelangelo
Botticelli bonanza in Paris next year with major show of masterpieces
New exhibition at Musée Jacquemart-André presents 15th-century artist as an entrepreneur and prolific designer
Redefining Botticelli—from Post-Modernism to soft porn
Does putting the Renaissance artist's work in a modern context enhance or diminish his art?
Hong Kong plans 2020 Botticelli exhibition in unprecedented deal with Italy's Uffizi
This is the first time the Florentine museum has formed a long-term partnership with a foreign institution
Thanks to a doodle, experts now say unattributed painting is by Botticelli
The Madonna and Child at National Museum Cardiff was believed to be a copy
Is this $30m portrait the 'last Botticelli'?
Painting will be exhibited at Frieze Masters next month, after a "style of Botticelli" sleeper sold for over £6m at Zurich auction in June
Cleveland Museum of Art opens three new Old Masters exhibitions
This makes it the first US city host Raphael drawings from the Lille Palais des beaux-arts’ renowned collection
Two concurrent exhibitions to open at the Museum Fredericianum
Works from the Renaissance to the Baroque can be seen alongside Andy Warhol