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June 23, 2017
Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1967, quoted in Richard Flood and Frances Morris (eds.

June 19, 2017
On 19 June 1465, the painters Neri di Bicci (1418-92) and Alessio Baldovinetti (1425-99) assessed a painting showing poet Dante Alighieri holding a copy of his literary masterpiece, the Divine Comedy.

June 18, 2017
Maria Lai at documenta 14 With Skulptur Projekte Münster , documenta 14 , and the Venice Biennale now open and going through the fall, the contemporary art world enjoys a rare trifecta of the major continental exhibitions.

June 18, 2017
Sculptor and architectural designer Bartolomeo Ammanati was born 18 June 1511 in Settignano, a village near Florence.

June 17, 2017
Roman vedutista (view painter) Giovanni Paolo Panini was born on 17 June 1691 in Piacenza.

June 16, 2017
Sculptor Pietro Bracci was born June 16, 1700 in Rome.

June 15, 2017
Lisa Gherardini (aka Mona Lisa), the wife of Florentine cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, was born on 15 June 1479 in Florence.

June 13, 2017
“ Michelangelo: Love and Death ,” an anticipated new movie on the life and career of master Michelangelo, opens 13 June to British audiences.

June 12, 2017
Modern Theater and Ancient History Clash on the Palatine Multiple news outlets are reporting that a heated debate is brewing in Rome over a theatrical space created on the Palatine Hill for a summer production of “Divo Nerone – Opera Rock,” which opened 1 June.

June 11, 2017
Painter Erma Bossi was born 11 June 1882 in Pola, a small village near Trieste.