Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco has been cleaned for the first time in decades after human sweat damaged the painting.

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades. The imposing fresco of heaven and hell dominates the Sistine Chapel.

Beyond his enthusiastic embrace of sculpture and resentment over the Sistine Chapel project, the artist found painting in ...

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial. The Vatican Museums on Saturday unveiled how restorers are removing a chalky white film of salt that has accumulated over the fresco since its ...

As part of a landmark restoration of Michelangelo's epic in the Sistine Chapel, specialists have been scrubbing away layers of dried sweat.

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In the five centuries since Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, millions of visitors have marveled at his work. Unfortunately, their sweat also coated the walls in microparticles, damaging the ...

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The cardinals are voting inside the Sistine Chapel, but the seagulls have the high ground. As the world watches the conclave, underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof, giving ...