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The two most popular museum exhibitions of 2018 featured Catholic art

WYSTAWA "HEAVENLY BODIES"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Zelda Caldwell - published on 03/29/19

“Heavenly Bodies” and a Michelangelo exhibit, both featured at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, drew record numbers.

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In 2018 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted the two most popular art exhibitions in the world – and they both had a distinctly Catholic flavor.

“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” was visited by almost 1.7 million people, breaking the museum’s previous record set by “Treasures of King Tutankhamen,” according to a report in The Art Newspaper. The exhibit featured ecclesiastical garments and items borrowed from the Vatican, along with a display of the museum’s own collection of religious art.

WYSTAWA "HEAVENLY BODIES"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


ITALY - FASHION - RELIGION - EXHIBITION

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Taking second place, “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer” was seen by 702,516 people. That exhibit featured the great master’s drawings, sculpture and his earliest painting, including a sketch for his last fresco in the Vatican Palace, the 1550 work entitled “The Crucifixion of St. Peter.”

MICHELANGELO; CRUCIFIXION OF ST PETER; VATICAN
Public Domain, Vatican Museums

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