When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

The Torment of Saint Anthony is the earliest surviving work attributed to Michelangelo, painted by him in 1487 or 1488 when ...

America’s Cincinnatus and America’s Michelangelo are forever connected in a fresco adorning the dome of the U.S. Capitol.

It’s the toe-st of the town. A tiny chalk drawing of a man’s naked foot sketched by Michelangelo fetched a toe-curling $27.2 ...

A "lost" red chalk study for the Sistine Chapel—discovered via a website submission—ignited a 45-minute bidding war at Christie's.

A foot sketch by Michelangelo sold for £16.9 million, exceeding expectations. The previously-unknown drawing was inherited by an anonymous owner and identified as original through expert analysis.

A recently discovered Michelangelo drawing tied to the Sistine Chapel has sold at auction for $27.2 million, shattering its ...

The little drawing sold for $27.2 million at a Christie’s sale on Thursday after the auction house identified Michelangelo as ...

Michelangelo remarked of his Venetian colleague, “it was a shame that in Venice they did not learn to draw well.” ...

A newly opened exhibition in Cambridge offers visitors the chance to get an up‑close look at Michelangelo’s famed Sistine Chapel frescoes and discover fresh perspectives on them — without the expense ...

The week's sales also saw a near-record for a Canaletto painting and a seven-figure result for a 15th-century Hebrew ...

A small chalk drawing of a foot, made more than 500 years ago by the famous Italian artist Michelangelo, has sold for $27.2 million (£20 million.) The sketch is just 13cm long and experts think it was ...