Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the most influential artists in world history. Matt Elton explores the creator ...

The new sculpture was inspired by Michelangelo's 'The Pietà' and depicts a mother and son, pierced by the same bullets.

The newest statue, "American Pietà," created by Oakland sculptor Peter Marcalus, was inspired by Michelangelo Buonarotti's "La Madonna della Pietà" as well as the shooting of Gabriel Santana in ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars.

There are more than 140 other artists on display around the Bay as part of the greater “Art of the African Diaspora” project.

With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

Security staff at the Vatican have apprehended a man after he jumped on to the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica and damaged ...

People have been left outraged after a video of a Romanian man breaking into and ransacking one of the Vatican's holiest sites - St Peter's Basilica - has emerged online.

The basilica has put in new protective glass in front of Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture, which was attacked with a hammer in 1972, while a similar incident of a man throwing candelabra off the ...