Conservation & Preservation
Students leave pencil marks on ancient sculptures at the British Museum
The increase in graffiti cases over the past decade raises concerns about monitoring and protection of the collection
Meet Idrimi, the British Museum’s 3,500-year-old Syrian refugee
Digital modelling will give the public unprecedented access and provide an accurate representation of the statue’s current condition
Future of Wentworth Woodhouse secure after £7m purchase
The Grade-I listed, 18th-century property is believed to be the largest private home in the UK
World Monuments Fund launches Instagram campaign to save Modern buildings
The initiative comes days after three key structures in India were demolished
UK exhibition costs statue an arm and a leg—in a good way
Conservators remove sculpture’s “horrendous” replacement limbs ahead of Fitzwilliam show
De Stijl factory gets a new lease of life in time for art movement's centenary
New owners restore De Ploeg—the only industrial building designed by Gerrit Rietveld
Pompeii will have 'regular maintenance at last'
Massimo Osanna, the man leading the ancient city's restoration, has turned the site around—but there is still work to do
Removal of a rare Roman mosaic in southern France enflames local conservation groups
The 2,000-year-old work will be restored in Nimes and go back on display in Uzès, local authorities insist
'World's shortest railway' to resume service by this summer
Angel's Flight, a historic funicular in downtown Los Angeles, gets major revamp ahead of its reopening
Berlin Wall gets its own protective railing
New barrier at East Side Gallery heritage site will keep tourists back
Michelangelo-designed frame reimagined by National Gallery
A mix of old and new elements gives greater depth to Sebastiano del Piombo’s The Raising of Lazarus
Banksy work cleared from vacant site and restored for public display
Toronto developer’s intervention raises questions about the practice of preserving street art
European cobalt blue imported to China from early 18th century
Scientific tests reveal Qing-dynasty artisans used it to produce famille rose porcelain
Egyptian pharaoh rescued from watery Cairo grave—but which one does it depict?
Early reports identified it as a statue of Ramses II, but now scholars think it may be a later king
Photos of Guercino painting, rolled up like a rug by thieves, reveal extent of damage
The work was taken from an Italian church in 2014 and recently recovered in Casablanca
Experts restore rare Dutch Golden Age map found stuffed up a chimney
The 17th-century map, which was discovered scrunched up in a ball, is on show at the National Library of Scotland
Rare, newly restored 300-year japanned cabinet on offer at the Bada fair
Original silver revealed after experts painstakingly stripped layers of gold paint from the cresting and stand of William and Mary piece
French museum lifts the veil on Rodin work not previously exhibited
Fragile plaster sculpture, draped in fabric, restored for Anselm Kiefer's show at Musée Rodin
‘Lost’ Cubist painting found under later work
The granddaughter of Belgian artist René Guiette chances upon concealed composition beneath her grandfather’s Art Brut picture
All you need is LOVE (and a good conservator)
The Indianapolis Museum of Art restores sculpture by Robert Indiana
Foundation uses crowdfunding to raise $65,000 to restore work by female Old Master
The Last Supper scene by the 16th-century nun Plautilla Nelli is due to go on show in 2018
Getty preserves Palmyra online in new show
The institution hopes its first digital exhibition will also reach the Arab world
String theory: Spanish refugees inspired Henry Moore’s 1930s stringed sculptures
Bold colours revealed during restoration of San Diego Museum of Art's latest acquisition
It's about time: NYU launches US first time-based media conservation graduate course
The degree is the first of its kind in the US and reflects the growing need for specialists in the field
Call for Italy’s quake-stricken works to return home for treatment
Mayors demand that salvaged works of art be restored locally
Brueghel discovered in Bath museum’s storeroom
Tests confirm that the Holburne’s picture is by Pieter Brueghel the Younger and not by a follower