Patches of calcium lactate have dulled the colors of the famous 16th-century mural, which hasn't been cleaned since 1994.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. More ...

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco has been cleaned for the first time in decades after human sweat damaged the painting.

The conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As depicted (with some liberties taken) in the Oscar-nominated film Conclave, this historic event ...

Art lovers in Central Texas have a limited-time chance to step into one of the most iconic works in history—without ever ...

Beyond his enthusiastic embrace of sculpture and resentment over the Sistine Chapel project, the artist found painting in ...

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave to elect a new pope — but no winner emerged Wednesday night as black smoke billowed up from the Sistine Chapel ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From a young age, Michelangelo prized drawing and sculpture above painting. Ian Nicholson/PA via Getty Images When a ...