This guest essay reflects the views of Ruth D. Nelson, and is excerpted from her book "Our Lady of the World's Fair: Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964." The 1964–1965 New York ...

A group of protesters continues to resist a plan to move a replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta from the now-closed St. Adalbert Church to St. Paul’s Catholic Church, which is about a mile away.

The statue — a marble replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother, Mary, after the crucifixion — was taken from St. Adalbert Catholic Church, 1650 W ...

Michelangelo, the genius behind David and the Sistine Chapel, led a life filled with passion, a legendary rivalry with Leonardo da Vinci, and artistic obsession. On his 550th birth anniversary, we ...