Michelangelo’s famous frescoes at the Sistine Chapel were originally met with scorn, concern, and controversy.

Experts have identified a small study of a pointed foot made in red chalk as an original drawing by Michelangelo. The Italian Renaissance master sketched the appendage around 1511 or 1512 while ...

The Arkansas AD posted an altered video of red smoke coming from Razorback Stadium. No doubt a reference to white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel which indicates that a new pope has been ...

Leo prayed with the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and they signed a declaration vowing to take steps ...

VATICAN CITY — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church ...

A small red chalk sketch, measuring just five inches, could be one of the greatest artistic revelations of the decade. Christie's auction house has confirmed that it is a study by Michelangelo for the ...

When Giada Damen, an expert in Christie’s Old Master drawings department, received an unsolicited photograph via the auction house’s “Request an Auction Estimate” online service, she could never have ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...