Michelangelo Drawing Show at Met Breaks Attendance Records
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition 'Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer' has become the most visited drawing show in its history, selling over 700,000 tickets in three months. The exhibition, which closed recently, featured 133 drawings, three marble sculptures, Michelangelo's first painting, a wooden architectural model for a chapel vault, and comparative works by other artists. Loans came from 50 public and private collections in the US and Europe, including the complete series of drawings for Tommaso de' Cavalieri and a monumental drawing for the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican. The New York Times called it 'the must-see show of the season'. The article also contextualizes the success with other Italian art exhibitions in the US, such as 'Leonardo to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection' (over 250,000 visitors) and Maurizio Cattelan's 'All' at the Guggenheim in 2011, as well as his golden toilet 'America' offered to Donald Trump.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Over 700,000 tickets sold in three months
- Most visited drawing exhibition in Met history
- 133 drawings, three marble sculptures, first painting, wooden architectural model
- Complete series of drawings for Tommaso de' Cavalieri included
- Monumental drawing for the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican
- Loans from 50 public and private collections in US and Europe
- New York Times called it 'the must-see show of the season'
Entities
Artists
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Michelangelo
- Domenico Ghirlandaio
- Daniele da Volterra
- Tommaso de' Cavalieri
- Carmen C. Bambach
Institutions
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Christie's
- Guggenheim Museum
- New York Times
- Artribune
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Caprese
- Rome
- Vatican
- Europe