AnalysisVisitor Figures 2020
Visitor Figures 2020: top 100 art museums revealed as attendance drops by 77% worldwide
The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings
NewsMuseums
Visitor crush at Vatican museums
Tourists left “shocked and afraid” by their experiences at the museum say Covid-19 security measures were not followed
NewsVatican
Hackers target oldest bible and Vatican’s other priceless treasures in online attacks
The Apostolic Library has partnered with a cybersecurity firm to prevent further attempts to steal and manipulate its digital collection
NewsRaphael
For this week only: unrepeatable chance to see Raphael’s tapestries with Michelangelo’s ceiling
The Vatican Museums celebrate Raphael’s 500th anniversary by hanging his tapestries in the Sistine Chapel for which they were created
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2019
Art's Most Popular: here are 2018's most visited shows and museums
Fashion continues upward trend in the US, shooting to the top of The Art Newspaper's chart, while the British Museum slips from the top spot in the UK
NewsConservation & Preservation
Why using lasers to clean feathers is not a bird-brained idea
Conservators have used the method on a ceremonial cape made by the Tupinambá—a cannibalistic tribe from Brazil
NewsConservation & Preservation
One of Pope’s favourite paintings is looking refreshed after restoration
Icon’s first major intervention since 1931 brings back original colours
News
Soft power and contemporary art: Vatican Museums director on fulfilling Pope Francis's vision
Barbara Jatta speaks to us one year after her landmark appointment
CommentAndy Warhol
Andy Warhol goes to church
Why the pop artist—a lifelong, closeted Catholic—deserves to be shown at The Vatican
NewsAndy Warhol
The Vatican to host major Andy Warhol exhibition
Show will 'explore the artist's spiritual side' with Last Supper series and skull silkscreens
ArchiveConservation
Vatican begins final work on Raphael rooms
The work may make it possible to identify which parts of the frescoes were painted by Giulio Romano, Raphael’s most trusted apprentice
ArchiveRaphael
Colour restored to Vatican’s Raphaels
After more than a decade, restoration of the monumental fresco cycle has finally been completed
ArchiveExhibitions
Vatican lends Raphael’s finest tapestries
Papal blessing and private funder for Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sistine show
CommentExhibitions
Is nothing sacred? The Metropolitan Museum should apologise to the Vatican for Heavenly Bodies show
Curator Andrew Bolton’s Costume Institute blockbuster is pointlessly offensive to believers
Anna Somers Cocks