The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco ...

Leonardo and Michelangelo, duking it out for Renaissance commissions, became bitter rivals, but why did their beef begin?

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick ...

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

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 ...