Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Leonardo promises heaven,” said Picasso. “but Raphael, he gives it to us.” It is just one of a myriad tributes to the ...

Whatever your art taste, you must visit this exhibition - open late tonight - before it closes on Sunday. Raphael played a critical role in the evolution of Western art, but you don't need to know ...

In Italy and beyond, the plan was to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance artist’s death with great fanfare. Then came the pandemic, and the virtual world stepped in. Raphael’s tomb in ...

Bindo Altoviti is surely among the most handsome men ever rendered in paint. Raphael’s vivid portrait (c. 1516-18) of the Florentine banker forms part of the extraordinary final room of the exhibition ...

Bringing together major loans from galleries around the world, London's largest-ever collection of paintings and drawings from the Renaissance master is an impressive affair.