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

Reunited for the first time are three separated drawings ... Fresh curatorial discoveries convincingly assert that Michelangelo, while painting the chapel, was still contemplating Pope Julius ...

A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It's a move some artists see as cheating, but ...

A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world's most famous sculpture ...

Another very famous sonnet in the exhibition, also likely sent to Giovanni da Pistoia, contains a self-portrait of Michelangelo painting the ceiling. The show marks the first time these two ...

Art review. SMK Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, presents the most comprehensive exhibition of sculpture by ...

Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving ... symbolizing the creation of the first man. Their almost-touching fingers are one of the world’s most recognizable ...

Though it’s not the first time a Michelangelo sculpture has been 3D ... In 2004, the Metropolitan Museum of Art donated its once-prized collection to the Institute of Classical Architecture ...

Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from ... “The key is to present the drawings — the very first step of Michelangelo’s creative process, one could say the genesis of the ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds ... including one believed to be the artist’s first iteration of the ceiling.