Patches of calcium lactate have dulled the colors of the famous 16th-century mural, which hasn't been cleaned since 1994.
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco has been cleaned for the first time in decades after human sweat damaged the painting.
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Water, Japanese paper and a vacuum cleaner — the secrets of restoring Michelangelo’s Last Judgment
As the Sistine Chapel masterpiece is given a facelift, new aspects of the painter’s genius are coming to light ...
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Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures
Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored. The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to ...
The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick building was created to serve as a space for meetings of the papal court. It was ...
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and its significance ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope. The College of ...
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