Michelangelo | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/michelangelo/RSS feed for MichelangeloenFri, 13 Mar 2026 20:11:10 +0000Why Are So Many People Claiming They've Discovered Long-Lost Michelangelos?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-are-so-many-people-claiming-theyve-discovered-long-lost-michelangelos-180988333/One researcher wrote a 600-page report attributing an obscure painting to the artist. Another argued that he'd sculpted a marble bust on display in a Roman churchFri, 13 Mar 2026 20:11:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-are-so-many-people-claiming-theyve-discovered-long-lost-michelangelos-180988333/The Sweat of Tourists Has Covered Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco in a White Film. Now, the 'Last Judgment' Is Getting a Much-Needed Cleaninghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-sweat-of-tourists-has-covered-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-fresco-in-a-white-film-now-the-last-judgment-its-getting-a-much-needed-cleaning-180988287/Patches of calcium lactate have dulled the colors of the famous 16th-century mural, which hasn't been cleaned since 1994. Experts will carefully restore the artwork to its former gloryFri, 06 Mar 2026 17:03:08 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-sweat-of-tourists-has-covered-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-fresco-in-a-white-film-now-the-last-judgment-its-getting-a-much-needed-cleaning-180988287/Historians Thought This Rare Renaissance Portrait by One of the First Famous Female Artists Was Lost to History—Until It Surfaced in North Carolinahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-thought-this-rare-renaissance-portrait-by-one-of-the-first-famous-female-artists-was-lost-to-history-until-it-surfaced-in-north-carolina-180988120/Sofonisba Anguissola's 16th-century painting of a clergyman was known only through a black-and-white photo. However, the original had been hiding in a private collection in North Carolina since 1977Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:29:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-thought-this-rare-renaissance-portrait-by-one-of-the-first-famous-female-artists-was-lost-to-history-until-it-surfaced-in-north-carolina-180988120/Experts Say This Small Drawing of a Foot May Be a Long-Lost Study for Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceilinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/experts-say-this-small-drawing-of-a-foot-may-be-a-long-lost-study-for-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-ceiling-180987761/After an extensive investigation, the five-inch-tall sketch is heading to auction, where it's predicted to sell for up to $2 millionMon, 01 Dec 2025 20:38:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/experts-say-this-small-drawing-of-a-foot-may-be-a-long-lost-study-for-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-ceiling-180987761/These 11 Marble Sculptures of Iconic Artists Once Decorated One of America's First Art Museums. What Happened to Them?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-eleven-marble-sculptures-of-iconic-artists-once-decorated-one-of-americas-first-art-museums-what-happened-to-them-180986706/The Corcoran Gallery of Art was adorned with the statues, commissioned in the late 1800s. But since then, they've changed hands many times and finally found their way back to each other in a botanical gardenThu, 29 May 2025 14:30:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-eleven-marble-sculptures-of-iconic-artists-once-decorated-one-of-americas-first-art-museums-what-happened-to-them-180986706/Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Sketches Are Coming to Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/michelangelos-sistine-chapel-sketches-are-coming-to-america-180986087/A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian Renaissance master's preparations for his famous ceiling frescoesThu, 20 Feb 2025 12:50:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/michelangelos-sistine-chapel-sketches-are-coming-to-america-180986087/See How Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael Entered and Exited Each Other's Worldshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-michelangelo-leonardo-and-raphael-entered-and-exited-each-others-worlds-180985624/A new exhibition in London examines the relationship between the three Italian Renaissance artists, who came together in Florence in 1504Thu, 12 Dec 2024 21:28:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-michelangelo-leonardo-and-raphael-entered-and-exited-each-others-worlds-180985624/Discover the Mysteries of Italy's Park of Monsters, a 16th-Century Garden Filled With Strange, Colossal Stone Creatureshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/discover-the-mysteries-of-italys-park-of-monsters-a-16th-century-garden-filled-with-strange-colossal-stone-creatures-180985318/The Sacro Bosco's meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizationsFri, 25 Oct 2024 10:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/discover-the-mysteries-of-italys-park-of-monsters-a-16th-century-garden-filled-with-strange-colossal-stone-creatures-180985318/See Rare Italian Renaissance Drawings at Buckingham Palacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/buckingham-palace-shows-off-never-before-seen-italian-renaissance-drawings-in-new-exhibition-180984851/An upcoming exhibition will feature 160 sketches by Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and TitianThu, 08 Aug 2024 18:27:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/buckingham-palace-shows-off-never-before-seen-italian-renaissance-drawings-in-new-exhibition-180984851/This Tiny Scribble by Michelangelo Just Sold for Over $200,000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-tiny-scribble-by-michelangelo-just-sold-for-over-200000-180984201/The sketch was found attached to the back of a work by one of the Renaissance artist's associatesTue, 23 Apr 2024 18:07:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-tiny-scribble-by-michelangelo-just-sold-for-over-200000-180984201/