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Ceramics and clayRichard Diebenkorn'Ends of the Earth''Santa Ana Condition: John Valadez, 1976-2011'Ken Price'A Strange Magic: Gustave Moreau's Salome''Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-1962América TropicalFlorenceCaravaggio

With his dramatically lighted, introspective, highly cinematic dramas, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the genius of Italian Baroque art, always feels uncannily fresh. At LACMA, "Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy" (through Feb. 10) shows that lots of 17th century painters felt the same way.

Caravaggio

( LACMA / December 15, 2012 )

With his dramatically lighted, introspective, highly cinematic dramas, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the genius of Italian Baroque art, always feels uncannily fresh. At LACMA, "Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy" (through Feb. 10) shows that lots of 17th century painters felt the same way.

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