It is one of the Pope's favorite paintings. This is what Pope Francis said when he was asked about his favorite painting in an interview. The Pope said he admired Caravaggio but also Marc Chagall's White Crucifixion.
This painting will be the one that pilgrims visiting Rome from November 27 onwards can contemplate. And all courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, which has loaned the work for two months to be exhibited free of charge until January 27, 2025.
ARZ. RINO FISICHELLA
Pro-Prefect, Dicastery for Evangelization
I am sure it will be very well received by the public. Special thanks to President Franco Parasassi of the Fondazione Roma, who immediately responded to our request and wanted to coincide the reopening of Palazzo Cipolla, as a new Museum Center, with this extraordinary event.
The Vatican will also participate in the Osaka Expo in Japan in 2025. At the Pope's request, the work to be sent will be the Holy Burial by Caravaggio. It is the only painting preserved by the Italian artist in the Vatican Museums. It will be outside Rome for a few months in 2025.
BARBARA JATTA
Director, Vatican Museums
Five or six months is not a short time to raise it during the Jubilee year, but the pilgrims of hope will know how to wait. In any case, there will be such an important Expo in Osaka, where we will participate in the Italian pavilion, so we gladly accept the loan.
These artistic events are in addition to those already held in the Eternal City. One of the latest: the exhibition of Dali's Christ, which welcomed hundreds of thousands of tourists between May and June 2024.
