In the ancient refectory of the Franciscan monastery (now the museum) attached to the church of Santa Croce in Florence, there is a fragment of a Hell fresco (fig. 1) discovered in 1942 behind an ...

While much has been said—and written—about the state of the art market, that hasn’t affected the purchasing decisions of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors ...

Partly damaged by the catastrophic 1966 flood of the Arno, Michelangelo's Florence tombstone just got a $118,000 restoration.

Santa Croce is also home to what some say is the most important art collection of any church in Italy, the most notable works being spectacular frescoes done by Giotto. Recent visitors raved about ...

News from Florence that Michelangelo's freshly conserved Tomb in the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence has been presented to the public. The 100,000 EUR project, completed to mark the artist's 550th ...

A new book by UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist and visual artist Nia Imara debuts tomorrow that explains the universe and traces how art has blended with science throughout human history. Painting the ...