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

A thin white film caused by decades of rising visitor numbers has dulled the dramatic contrasts of Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel.

Museum officials say human sweat from the 25,000 people who tour the Vatican Museums daily creates the coating.

A woman walks behind a screen with a replica of ‘The Last Judgment,’ superimposed on it that covers the scaffolding used for ...

"It represents the end of the world, the awaking of the dead, the second coming of Christ, and the final pronouncement by God ...

Michelangelo's famous The Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel is getting its biggest facelift in more than three ...

A newly opened exhibition in Cambridge offers visitors the chance to get an up‑close look at Michelangelo’s famed Sistine ...

A red chalk sketch for the Sistine ceiling fetched an eye-popping sum at auction, reflecting the artist’s lifelong belief ...

The most-watched chimney in the world right now is the one attached to the Sistine Chapel, which signaled around noon E.T. on May 8 that a new pope has been chosen. Massive crowds cheered in Vatican ...

Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

A seagull appeared on the roof of the Sistine Chapel just moments before its chimney began billowing white smoke to signal a new pope had been chosen Thursday — sending Catholics wild over the ...