U.S. News Insider Tip: The Vatican Museums contain some of the greatest artworks ever made, but it's also one of Rome's most crowded spots. Consider paying a bit extra to join an early morning ...

The first major restoration took place in 1532, when Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli—a pupil of Renaissance master Michelangelo ... of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, among other organizations ...

Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The Vatican’s famous ... In 1532, artist Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, one of Michelangelo’s pupils, replaced the statue ...

The Vatican hired an artist who had previously worked on designs for sex toys to create its new mascot, it has emerged. Simone Legno has designed a mascot called Luce – the Italian for light ...

The Vatican Museums this week unveiled one of its most celebrated acquisitions, the “Apollo Belvedere,” after years of intensive restoration work by Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums ...

5, 2025. A ceiling panel from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel on display. Photo by John McCarten A cornerstone work of High Renaissance art, the exhibition features the artist’s 34 frescoes ...

The Apollo Belvedere is displayed at the Pio-Clementine Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (photo: Julia Cassell/EWTN News / EWTN) The Vatican Museums this week unveiled one of its most celebrated ...

The Vatican Museums on Tuesday unveiled the restoration of the celebrated second-century "Apollo Belvedere" sculpture following five years of work. Once considered to epitomise classical Western ...

The Vatican Museums unveiled on Tuesday a restoration of one of the crown jewels of their collection, a 2nd century marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo that has inspired generations of ...