Art Bites: Michelangelo’s Poem About How Much It Sucked to Paint the Sistine Chapel “I am not in the right place," the Old Master wrote. "I am not a painter." ...

Sistine Chapel's recent ties to pop culture. Besides the artwork, most people have also become familiar with the Sistine Chapel through fiction thanks to Robert Harris' 2016 hit book-turned-Oscar ...

Since 1878, the Sistine Chapel has hosted every papal conclave. ... a donkey-eared judge of the dead in hell whose genitals are being consumed by a snake. Don’t mess with artists.

Sistine Chapel's recent ties to pop culture. Besides the artwork, most people have also become familiar with the Sistine Chapel through fiction thanks to Robert Harris' 2016 hit book-turned-Oscar ...

The beginning . The project of the Sistine Chapel began in 1473, when a previous building on the site was destroyed, but the wall base and asymmetrical plan of the building remained as it was ...

The conclave will be held in the Sistine Chapel, under a ceiling of Michelangelo's frescoes. This week, I snagged one of the last tickets to go inside that famous chapel before the College of ...