A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian ...

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle Museum of Art after a monumental feat in networking and logistics by the ...

Courtesy of Lévy Gorvy Dayan / Photo Elisabeth Bernstein As one of the legendary founding figures of Arte Povera, Michelangelo Pistoletto cemented his name in art history with a practice that has ...

Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum, in fact, the Pope really needed someone to paint the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo ...

The research team said it formed the view of Michelangelo’s depiction after comparing breasts in his other paintings and ...

While more international art lovers descended on Mexico City this year, buyers at ZONAMACO's VIP opening hailed mainly from Mexico and South America.

Writing in his private notes in 1756, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, widely considered the founder of the field of art history, identified it as part of "the school of Michelangelo." The Swiss ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, only 50 of which survive today. In March, a rare roundup of these sketches ...

Michelangelo Pistoletto is an Italian painter, performance artist, and theorist. Best known for his innovative stainless steel paintings with mirror-like surfaces, he also produced pioneering ...