Porto Ercole hosts exhibition on Caravaggio

posted: Monday 19 July 2010 by Giorgio in: Tuscany Art/design

2010 has been a great year for Caravaggio’s admirers! The artist who changed the art world for good has been celebrated throughout the world with a series of major exhibitions which attracted thousands and thousands of people. Now to round off such a splendid year, the town of Porto Ercole in Tuscany (here Caravaggio died on a beach, though the cause of his death was never ascertained. Suggested causes have ranged from sudden fever to syphilis) has organised a new fascinating exhibition called Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, chiudere la vita and dedicated to his last days. For the first time visitors will have the unique opportunity to get a closer look at the remains of this innovative artist who was also famous for leading a dissolute life; a dissolute life of street brawls, affairs with prostitutes and even murder. The exhibition curated by Valeria Merlini and Daniela Stortinella will run until August 18.

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