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Leonardo and Michelangelo, duking it out for Renaissance commissions, became bitter rivals, but why did their beef begin?
From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.
A huge painting by Mark Rothko, thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars, has been removed from display in a Dutch museum after it was damaged by a visiting child. Conservators will now ...
Think twice about taking children to a museum housing expensive art. Scratch that, maybe just leave them at home. That's arguably the moral of the story after a child reportedly damaged a Mark ...
Mark Rothko, No. 7, displayed as part of the The Macklowe Collection at a press preview for New York Marquee Evening Sales at Sotheby's in New York City on November 5, 2021. On Monday, the Museum ...
The first conclave held under Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling in the Sistine Chapel was in 1492. Since 1878, the world-renowned chapel has become the venue of all conclaves.
The sale at Sotheby's New York next month includes works by Lucio Fontana, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alexander Calder and Claes Oldenburg.