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

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

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 ...

British artist Justin Bateman creates striking, ephemeral portraits using found pebbles, blending art and nature to produce ...

The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving life to Adam. The iconic image is known for the ...

Let's face it, you're going to find yourself in a queue at Frieze so you might as well have some historical facts to hand for ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather on May 7 to elect a new pope in one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Sistine Chapel.

The election of a new pope is both mysterious and theatrical. The spectacle draws huge crowds and global attention—and yet ...

A church near the West Sussex coast contains an homage to one of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo's most famous works. Within the unassuming exterior of English Martyrs Catholic Church in ...