Some artists are turning to advanced robots for help sculpting masterpieces, even as others decry robots as cheating that ...

A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for ...

An international team of experts has discovered that one of the figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, adorned with ...

The fact modern doctors can recognize it reveals Michelangelo’s extraordinary capacity for and dedication to anatomical accuracy.

Every year, millions of visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel to admire the frescoes painted by Michelangelo during the Renaissance. The frescoes on the ceiling of the building depict various scenes ...

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 ...

Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...

A hidden detail in Michelangelo’s "The Flood" may reveal a woman with breast cancer, adding a shocking twist to the iconic Sistine Chapel masterpiece.

What was to be done with the monumental statue depicting David the Goliath killer, which the young sculptor Michelangelo had just completed in a shed, set up in the works yard of the cathedral. The ...

A deep dive into two London shows bringing together key works of the movement, and a spectacular series of tapestries ...

Long overshadowed by Michelangelo Antonioni’s later work, this feature, newly restored, is being revived at Film Forum, ...

Comparisons with other works by Michelangelo reveal that he was, of course, quite capable of depicting the healthy female breast. In female figures from "The Last Judgment" and sculptures like ...