Second stage of open-access restoration of Van Eyck brothers’ masterpiece strips away 16th-century overpainting to reveal an abundance of fine details

Sites targeted range from a Yemeni palace in ruins to a shrine destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq

V&A and Lacma plan to stabilise and restore works to their original appearance

Conservators discover that the 1566 painting was once bluer and revisit the exposure of the notorious codpieces

Bronze sculpture gets new wings in a collaboration with Berlin’s Antikensammlung

For artisan Helena Loermans, uncovering the intricate weaves of artists' canvases is like “a detective story”

Hundreds gather as the Getty convenes the first major international conference on the issue in 45 years

Reappearance of a Josep Renau mural hints at a greater acceptance of East German public art

The 17th-century work features in a newly opened exhibition on art and food at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

Building was considered an audacious architectural experiment when it was built in 1797

Restoration will remove centuries of grime and stabilise the sculpture at the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Ancient artisans in British Columbia heated ochre “gunk” to high temperatures to achieve a vivid and long-lasting red

The 1957 home, the Currier Museum of Art's second Wright dwelling, is built in the “Usonian Automatic” style, with rectangular concrete blocks

Millionaire Jonathan Ruffer’s ambitious regeneration of a small former mining town in northern England reveals 1,000 years of history and art

Lack of steel reinforcement results in a plan to insert rebar, delaying the reopening of the Modernist sanctuary

“It’s the most spectacular representation of a tournament of that time,” a Met curator says

Iraqi culture ministry announces new national museum in Baghdad as Mosul restoration plan is extended to historic churches

Bears Ears in the US, a Peruvian valley near Machu Picchu and Notre Dame in Paris join the 2020 roster

Seven-metre painting offers "canvas proof" that self-taught nun ran an all-female workshop in her convent 450 years ago

Rare 16th-century fabric to go on show at Hampton Court Palace after three-year study

In an exclusive interview, Jean-Luc Martinez reveals his big plans for the museum and why 250,000 objects must leave Paris

The conservation project contrasts with a decision to cover up a controversial 1930s school mural in the same city

World Monuments Fund joins partners in launching an oral history project

Projects will range from exhibitions about the classical world to conservation and excavations and a book about “heritage and mass atrocities”

Researchers at the Landesmuseum in Halle found fragments of paint on the ancient wooden object

Research project at the Stedelijk Museum sheds light on some of the artist’s techniques

A 2010-12 effort to map every inch of the cathedral could help the post-fire reconstruction

Culture minister Monika Grütters enlists international experts to help create a central institution but critics question necessity and feasibility

After a grant enabled conservation on a much-loved painting, researchers at the National Gallery of Ireland are learning more about the artist’s technique

Two-month conservation effort for the sculptures follows a public appeal to donors