Says the Museum of Modern Art’s Alfred Barr, who is viewed by many as the untiaraed pope of the modern art ... even if it need not be confused with El Greco’s best work. Tony Smith’s huge ...

In 1449, Pope Nicholas V visited the monastery of Assisi where ... has painted here and which was first introduced to Spanish pictures of Francis by El Greco, one of the Counter-Reformation’s most ...

The basilica is home to Michaelangelo’s impressive Moses, which is part of the Tomb of Pope Julius II ... including Caravaggio, El Greco, Raphael, Tintoretto, and more. The National Roman ...

The Romanian government has long sought dozens of valuable paintings that it says the country’s last king took into exile in ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” saying love is the force that compels people, including the Blessed Virgin Mary, to share their faith in God with ...

Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at his Vatican residence while sick with bronchitis, the Vatican said Thursday. “Due to bronchitis, from which he is suffering at ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that "nothing is worth the life of a child". Francis ...

Christie's has halted the planned auction of a major El Greco painting in response to statements from Romanian officials.

Just one day before its Old Masters sale in New York, Christie’s pulled the auction's top lot, El Greco’s Saint Sebastian (around 1610-1614), estimated between $7m to $9m, after the Romanian ...

The bottom-weighted El Greco, who won well in his last start, should score an encore in the Karl Umrigar Salver, the chief event of Thursday’s (Jan. 16) races. Rails will be announced one hour ...