Let's face it, you're going to find yourself in a queue at Frieze so you might as well have some historical facts to hand for ...

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, is home to some of the most spectacular art and architecture in Europe. The ...

British artist Justin Bateman creates striking, ephemeral portraits using found pebbles, blending art and nature to produce ...

The Sistine Chapel is where Catholic cardinals will elect a new pope. Take a tour of the church’s breathtaking interior.

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...

Leonardo and Michelangelo, duking it out for Renaissance commissions, became bitter rivals, but why did their beef begin?

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction ... in Western artistic ...

The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather on May 7 to elect a new pope in one of the most famous buildings in the world, the Sistine Chapel.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A film about the artist Michelangelo is set to be shown in Cardigan. Michelangelo: Love and Death will be screened at Mwldan on Tuesday, May 20 ...