Vatican Library opens doors to public with new-old art space

A detail shot of the clock and bell of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, taken in 2013. The Vatican recently opened an exhibition space for contemporary art in its Apostolic Library. The inaugural show, Tutti, closes February 22, 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Dietmar Rabich. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
A detail shot of the clock and bell of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, taken in 2013. The Vatican recently opened an exhibition space for contemporary art in its Apostolic Library. The inaugural show, Tutti, closes February 22, 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Dietmar Rabich. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
A detail shot of the clock and bell of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, taken in 2013. The Vatican recently opened an exhibition space for contemporary art in its Apostolic Library. The inaugural show, Tutti, closes February 22, 2022. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Dietmar Rabich. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican’s Apostolic Library, which is home to ancient manuscripts, rare books and reading rooms for scholars is opening its doors to the general public with a small new exhibition space aimed at pairing its artistic treasures with contemporary art.

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