The best-known version, the marble sculpture by Michelangelo now in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, is an enormous chamber work ...

Detail of Michelangelo’s Pietà. The master searched Carrara for months to find the perfect block of “statuario,” a revered type of pure white stone. Smith Archive / Alamy In antiquity ...

Thursday, March 6, marked the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti. He won’t be blowing out any candles, of course, but his work retains its grip on the public imagination.

CONCERNED residents and the Catbalogan City Government have expressed opposition and “deep concern” following the alleged unauthorized construction activities a ...