Can you believe it’s already been 500 years since Raphael died? In case you weren’t able to attend the celebratory exhibition of the great painter’s works in Rome last year – which, given last year was 2020, not many would have – you can catch the whole thing on screen at the Taliesin in Swansea this month in Exhibition on Screen: Raphael Revealed.
The Italian master is usually mentioned in the same breath as fellow Renaissance geniuses (and TMNT name originators), Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and perhaps most famous for his exquisite “Raphael Rooms” in the Vatican Museum – rivalling Michelangelo’s own Sistine Chapel paintings, which Raphael was a huge fan of.
This major exhibit, bringing together over 200 of his works, some of which for the first time, aims to not only provide a complete overview of the artist’s extensive body of work but also dispel some of the myths preventing him from being truly “revealed” to us.
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, Tue 30 Nov. Tickets: ÂŁ10-ÂŁ12. Info: here
words HANNAH COLLINS