The Vatican’s Pieta, by Michelangelo.
Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia , home of Michelangelo’s David, will put on a exhibition temporarily titled “The great masters of contemporary art compared to Michelangelo.”
Comtemporary artists such as Marina Abramovic, Cai Guo-Qiang, Maurizio Cattelan, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince, Gerhard Richter and Cindy Sherman will be up against Michelangelo, Giotto, Taddeo Gaddi, Paolo Uccello, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and Perugino. The show will run from June 14, 2016 to January 8, 2017.
I don’t know how these contemporary artists feel, but it’s a tall order to be compared to Michelangelo. I think I’d rather take on the original Dream Team in basketball in their prime then what these artists up against.