Born in 1571 in Milan, Caravaggio emerged at a time when painting was flat and its subjects lacked expression. After moving to Rome in 1592, the artist began to play with light, using stark contrasts of brightness and shadow so dramatically that the technique was later called tenebrism. It gave his figures an unprecedented depth and intensity. Caravaggio’s personal life was just as turbulent—marked by criminality and brawls. In 1606, he killed a man in a duel and fled the capital, roaming between Naples, Malta, and Sicily in exile until his death, in 1610. Featuring exceptional loans such as Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Ecce Homo, this exhibition explores his tumultuous art and life. —Elena Clavarino