Michelangelo, da Vinci, Van Gogh and company were pretty brilliant at hiding secret messages in their paintings Finding secret messages in paintings There’s a reason why masterpiece works of art spark ...

Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...

One former priest for the church called it “The Sistine Chapel of Pittsburgh”— a sanctuary dominated by the single artist’s tour-de-force. But decades of smoke, atmospheric salts and water ...

Art conservator Jessica Keister works on a mural by Maxo Vanka depicting the hand of God handing a tablet to Moses ... One former priest for the church called it “The Sistine Chapel of Pittsburgh”— a ...

The Rev. James Kelly, a venerable figure in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has marked an extraordinary dual milestone, ...

While the first conclave to be held at Rome's Sistine Chapel was in 1492, up to 15 conclaves have taken place outside of the historic city, with the conclave of 1314-16 held in France.

One of the questions I hear most often is whether it’s worth visiting the most popular tourist attractions in Europe, or if they’re too overhyped to live up to their reputations? The truth is that ...

Sistine Chapel is the most famous in the world, but all the ceilings there are beautiful. Pugliese family visited Vatican Museum in Italy in June 2025 ...

And the stalker pope was like: ‘I’m going to punish this man, I know he just wants to sculpt, so I’m going to make him paint for two years.’ “He [Michelangelo] always hated painting.

Empire star Bryshere Y. Gray has been charged with one misdemeanor count of assault and battery for allegedly lunging at a man following a payment dispute. Gray, best known for playing Hakeem Lyon on ...

A man sporting an “anarchy” button is being sought for scrawling the word “Gaza” on a Greenwich Village Jewish art museum, police said Friday. The vandalism comes amid continued strife in ...

President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the ...