Art lovers can finally set foot in Michelangelo's long-hidden studio and witness his rough artwork and sketches, as it is now ...

Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, in its Met debut, sees late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day ...

The exhibition brings the splendor of the Sistine Chapel to life with cutting-edge projection technology and ...

Pietrasanta, in the Tuscan region of Italy, has become an international sculpture hub that bursts with activity, especially ...

Sir Ian McKellen, a very famous son of Wigan, has long cemented his status as a national treasure through an impressive ...

Sir Ian stars in The Christophers, a film about two siblings as they hire a forger to complete their father’s unfinished work ...

Vatican serves as the spiritual and administrative headquarters of Roman Catholic Church governed by the Pope.

‘I always lived smack bang in the centre, a stone’s throw from the Ponte Vecchio [Old Bridge] or the Uffizi Gallery. One of ...

Italy’s famous landmarks offer something no textbook can — the chance for your children to stand inside history. From a city buried in volcanic ash to a tower that leans against the laws of physics, ...

It’s rare that history offers up a simple diagnosis of cultural decline, but we happen to know the exact moment when all of European art headed for ruin. According to the critic John Ruskin, the ...

Researchers are arguing that two artworks—a sculpture and a painting—should be attributed to the Renaissance master Michelangelo. Art historians, however, are skeptical of both claims. “This is what I ...

Works newly attributed to the Renaissance artist had exciting stories behind them. But experts say they are unlikely to be by his hand. Two Brussels collectors bought ...