This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Pamela Hassell, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published ...

From the Pilgrims' Madonna at the Basilica of St. Augustine to the Martyrdom of St. Ursula that closes the "Caravaggio 2025" ...

Art review. SMK Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, presents the most comprehensive exhibition of sculpture by ...

There is no doubt that we live on a beautiful planet, but some places are simply prettier than others. From innovative man-made structures to spectacular natural wonders and historical sites to theme ...

Between the excitement over Pope Leo XIV and the Jubilee celebrations, Rome is the place to be this summer. The travel ...

For generations, pilgrims have marveled at this Michelangelo statue of Christ carrying ... it has a massive museum. The Vatican is ruled both politically and religiously by the pope.

"So he kept that statue personally and now we’ve been told it will end up in the Vatican museum," said Jim and ... displayed alongside artists like Michelangelo and Da Vinci.

and indirectly oversees the Vatican Museums. The papal art collection traces its origins to 1506, with the acquisition of one of its most famous works, the ancient marble sculpture Laocoön and ...

There, they marvel at masterpieces including Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescos, the ancient Greek statue of the Laocoön, and the Roman copy of the Apollo Belvedere. Another of the Vatican ...

The statue was discovered—in Michelangelo’s presence ... That is, until 1957, when the Vatican Museums unearthed from its storage a marble artifact that had been presented to the collection ...