If Sobeys’ plan to phase out Air Miles meant you cashed yours in, and it ain’t much, the Halifax Exhibition Centre has your back: Another globe-trotting projection art show is preparing to set up shop at 200 Prospect Road.
It was announced today that a digital rendering of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel—simply called Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition—will be on view at the Exhibition Centre. The show starts July 7, and is scheduled to be open Thursday-Sunday, 10am-6pm, through July 31. Tickets for the projection start at $28 and are available via the site chapelsistine.com.
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Earlier in 2022, another projection-based show lit up Instagram feeds and Facebook stories all over town. Beyond Van Gogh billed itself as an “immersive experience” while blasting stories-high versions of “Starry Night” on the blacked-out walls of the Exhibition Centre. Now, the famous Vatican site gets the same treatment—but unlike the original, we doubt Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition will take four years to complete.
This article appears in Jun 1-30, 2022.
