Michelangelo's sculpture of David is one of the most famous objects in the history of art, and the V&A's cast of David has been a favourite with visitors since its arrival in the Museum in 1857.

David has always been controversial Michelangelo's 17-foot-tall marble statue of David has been controversial from the start, notes C.A. Bridges in The Daytona Beach News-Journal. When it was ...

Over the centuries, the genitals and pubic hair on Michelangelo's David cause consternation ... to cover the genitals and pubic hair of the statue. The leaf is removed in 1969, and the statue ...

Michelangelo's David is among the most famous pieces of ... Italian cultural curators are becoming worried that the "marble statue's religious and political significance is being diminished ...

The Florence museum that houses Michelangelo's statue of David has invited teachers and students from a Florida school to visit, after an uproar over an art lesson. The school's principal quit ...

Since the 1980s, the city’s symbol has been a golden shadow of Michelangelo’s David. The iconic Italian Renaissance statue ...

A poster for an Italian restaurant with Michelangelo's naked statue of David has been barred from Glasgow subway. The firm that manages the advertising space requested for the poster to be edited ...

Once you step foot in Florence, it’s easy to see why it was once Italy’s capital and why it’s such a cultural touchstone (the ...

The biggest Michelangelo exhibition in over a century is planned in Denmark thanks to the use of high-tech 3D replicas.

When it comes to the High Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) is as high as it gets. A peerless sculptor, expert draftsman, and reluctant but skilled painter, he was not only one of ...