Conservation

‘Rush to rebuild’ puts Philippine churches at risk

Experts question restoration techniques following earthquake

Discovery leads experts to redraw map of ancient Rome

The outline of a house dating to the sixth century BC was found beneath the Palazzo Canevari on the Quirinal Hill

‘No intervention’ needed to protect Spiral Jetty from drought

Robert Smithson would have approved of environmental changes, say guardians of the site

Tutankhamun’s mask and tomb off view to tourists from October for cleaning

Conservators to sweep the floors of the boy pharaoh’s burial chamber and remove epoxy applied to golden mask’s loose beard

Venice big ships photo show to go on after all

Fondo Ambiente Italiano offers its own space in St Mark’s Square after mayor tries to postpone exhibition at Doge’s Palace

The Getty: 30 years of changing the world

From Tutankhamun to Disney cartoons, the conservation institute continues to revolutionise conservation practice from its Los Angeles base

Pilot scheme tackles skills shortage

Lack of building conservation workers has become "acute" in US

First house designed by Gaudí to open as a museum in 2016

Casa Vicens, a Unesco World Heritage building, is currently undergoing renovation

Daniel Buren threatens to sue French city over disrepair of public work

Lyon insists a restoration of the artist’s 1994 intervention in the main square is on the agenda

Isil beheads archaeologist in Palmyra

Syria's antiquities ministry condemns killing as "cowardly and criminal act of appalling brutality"

Venice mayor holds up show to further his cruise ship aims

Photos of the “monsters in Venice” should have been displayed in the Doge’s Palace in September

A 17th-century country house is once again a family home

St Giles House, the Dorset seat of the Earls of Shaftesbury, wins restoration award—and the Earl is moving back in

Underground art by Eduardo Paolozzi saved from destruction

The late artist’s celebrated mosaics displayed at Tottenham Court Road tube will be restored at Edinburgh University

Unesco world heritage list grows along with cultural sites on 'danger list'

Experts meet in Bonn as news breaks of further destruction in conflict zones

Strange but true: Beuys’s works in felt and fat were built to last

Conservators have got to grips with seminal artist’s use of non-traditional materials

The case of the moth-eaten Felt Suit

Museums have learned to preserve the unusual materials in Joseph Beuys's works

Russian architect fights for German Modernist housing estate

Dmitry Sukhin wants Colour Row Settlement, designed by Berlin Philharmonic Hall architect Hans Scharoun, to be restored to full glory

Great Dam of Marib and Al-Qahira castle in Yemen damaged by Saudi airstrikes

Continued fighting in the region further threatens the country’s heritage sites

Terrorists attack ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor

Suicide bomber among those killed after failed assault outside popular tourist site

Saul and David reattributed to Rembrandt

Discovery to be revealed in CSI-style show at The Hague’s Mauritshuis

Updated emergency ‘Red List’ of Iraq antiquities at risk released

New publication includes cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, Assyrian reliefs and coins

Paris mayor gives city’s decaying churches a Hail Mary—to the tune of €80m

But heritage groups say the funds fall far short of the real cost of restoration

Lacma’s conservators discover 1960s colours in Ottoman interior

Damascene reception room is being restored before making its museum debut in Saudi Arabia in 2016