Former owners of the Renaissance artist’s villa want to sell a sketch once on a kitchen wall. But scholars are divided over whether Michelangelo actually drew it. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from ...

If you ever wanted to own a Michelangelo, now is your chance. On April 17, Christie’s is auctioning off one of the Italian master’s drawings tagged with the estimate of $6,000 to 8,000—a steal ...

Why bother looking at drawings when paintings are so much bigger, more colourful, and, well, finished? If you’re on the side of the sceptics, a new exhibition at the King’s Gallery is your tonic, ...

A small drawing by Michelangelo that went to auction with a seemingly modest estimate for the Renaissance icon between US$6,000 and U$8,000 just sold for US$201,600 in New York on Wednesday. The ...

Through rarely seen works and masterpieces by beloved artists over five centuries, this exhibition of drawings explores the expressive possibilities of the outline. Drawn from our works on paper ...

According to legend, Michelangelo once hid in an underground corridor in 1530 to avoid persecution from Pope Clement VII, who was laying siege on Florence. Located under the Medici Chapels, the ...

Michelangelo is believed to have made the rarely seen drawings while in hiding after the pope sentenced him to death. Drawings believed to be by Michelangelo in the Stanza Segreta, or Secret Room, at ...

Picture the amazing works of Renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo – the Mona Lisa, David, the Sistine Chapel. Now picture a corpse. It's a jarring juxtaposition, but the master ...

For half a century, the Sernesi family lived in a storied villa overlooking Florence, Italy, in which Renaissance artist Michelangelo was raised and later owned. The property came with several ...