Last week, half a millennium after Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, crews unloaded all 5,000-odd square feet of his frescoes reproduced on fabric paneling, at the McAllen Convention Center.

The collection is a traveling exhibit, “Michelangelo-A Different View,” that’ll be in town through the first week of November.

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Michaelangelo a Different View art frescoes exhibit at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.,14,2021 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])
Michaelangelo’s the Creation of Adam during the art frescoes exhibit at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.,14,2021 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])
Michaelangelo’s The Delphica fresco at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.,14,2021 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])
Michaelangelo’s The Sistine Chapel frescoes during the exhibit at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.,14,2021 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])
Father Roy Snipes during the blessing of the opening of the Michaelangelo’s A Different View exhibit at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.,14,2021 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])
Michaelangelo art frescoes exhibit at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday, Oct.,14,2021 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])
The exhibit “Michaelangelo – A Different View” is seen at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
The exhibit “Michaelangelo – A Different View” gives visitors access to Michelangelo’s magnificent paintings/ reproductions at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
“Michaelangelo – A Different View” is a traveling exhibit that’ll be in town through the first week of November at the McAllen Convention Center on Thursday in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])

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