The study by Michelangelo for his Sistine Chapel murals had been passed down through several generations of an anonymous ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?

The red-chalk image, which currently belongs to an anonymous seller from Northern California, is expected to become the most ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain.

Decades after his mysterious death in New York, jazz great Albert Ayler's specter still looms large over jazz and other ...

A long-lost Renaissance painting believed to depict the Madonna and Child was found under a garage workbench and sold for ...

A dusty painting sitting under a garage workbench just traded places — straight into the Renaissance big leagues with a price ...

For my mom's retirement trip, we skipped crowds in Italy's popular cities, like Rome. Instead, we visited smaller ones like ...

Donald Trump's return to power, a ceasefire in Gaza and massive investments in artificial intelligence: Here are 10 events ...

A federal judge tossed out separate criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James Comey and New York’s attorney general, Letitia James. The judge said the charges were invalid because the ...

There has always been a tension between art and commerce. Wealthy patrons commissioned works of art, and even though profit ...

The smallest country in the World, the Vatican City is full of incredible things to do and sites to see. From St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica, to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel ...