The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once ...

The artwork, believed to be the original work of Mantegna, was recently rediscovered in the Sanctuary of Pompeii.

A Deposition of Christ whose recent restoration has enabled a definite attribution to Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna will ...

The idea of respecting and preserving, rather than fully reversing age, was the new lens through which I would view art − and my own place in the world on this birthday ...

from the opening scenes of the pope’s death in the Vatican’s modern Santa Marta hotel where Francis chose to live, to one of the figures central to the plot. But at the very least, the ...

NAGASAKI--The Catholic Church in Japan is supporting efforts to bring a celebrated set of paintings from the Vatican for the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025. The "Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan" are works by ...