When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

Workers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian ...

Spain's Sijena murals, marvels of Hispanic medieval art, are at risk of serious damage after a court rules they must be ...

Spain's Supreme Court has given a museum in Barcelona 20 days to return mural paintings to the Monastery of Santa Maria de ...

Matera, in Italy's Basilicata region, is a city that's both a tranquil exploration and a treasure trove of hidden gems ...

Matera in southern Italy, is known as a "Second Bethlehem" and is home to a World Heritage Site. It's one of the most ...

His work has been auctioned off for as much as $21 million. However, the multihyphenated maestro’s most famous work is in the Sistine Chapel, featuring the ceiling frescoes and the Last Judgment ...

Now made fully accessible, the exhibition route follows a mainly chronological and thematic order, favouring a close-up view of the works to enable greater appreciation for the techniques used, both ...

The Boxers Fresco is estimated to have been created around 1600 BC, shortly before the volcanic eruption that buried Akrotiri. Credit: National Archaeological Museum, Athens One of the most ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A Sussex chapel is home to the world’s only known replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling - and is described as being “better” than the ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

The unique fresco of Our Lady, known by the title “Mater Admirabilis,” is still preserved in the chapel. Today, visitors can access it through the entrance to the Instituto del Sacro Cuore ...