Art fraud was a common occurrence in the Italian Renaissance. Even a young Michelangelo took part in such a scheme, long ...

The conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As depicted (with some liberties taken) in the Oscar-nominated film Conclave, this historic event ...

Lasting fascination with the artist means that Michelangelo fans looking for their fix rarely have to wait long before a ...

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is one of the greatest artworks of all time. Painted by Michelangelo in the early 1500s, the images were showing the effects of time by the 1980s.

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Michelangelo Buonarotti was one of the key figures of the Italian Renaissance and art history. Equally gifted as a painter ...

Adorned with some of the most famous frescoes in the world—much of it the work of Michelangelo, the unrivaled Renaissance sculptor turned reluctant painter—the Sistine Chapel is instantly ...

making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, meet James Bond. On Wednesday afternoon, about 133 cardinals under the age of 80 will file into the ...

making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, meet James Bond. Sign up here. On Wednesday afternoon, about 133 cardinals under the age of 80 will ...