Conservation
Unterlinden Museum, home of the Isenheim Altarpiece, officially reopened
The €44m renovation and expansion will be fully completed this spring
You are being watched: update of ‘self-documenting’ work puts San Francisco visitors under surveillance
Fresh look for Australian landscape that defined a nation
New date suggests Frederick McCubbin promoted Australian Impressionism earlier than experts thought
Watts couple’s revamped ‘his and hers’ studios to open in Compton
Visitors can watch conservators at work in the renovated space
How do you clean a masterpiece? Louvre to restore Leonardo da Vinci’s St John the Baptist
The museum is opting for total transparency ahead of a sensitive conservation project
Rapture restored to Bernini’s Baroque masterpiece after clean-up reveals unity of design
Two decades of grime were removed from The Ecstasy of St Teresa (1647-52)
Suspected arson at Fontainebleau church
Historic furnishings damaged and around a dozen objects missing or destroyed
Cracking plan to protect Great Wall of China
Survey to identify the most endangered sections will begin in Inner Mongolia
British Library to put very big royal atlas online
Project reveals madness of King George III for his map collection <p> </p>
Eleventh-hour deadline extension saves Pompeii’s huge rescue project
Despite earlier threats to withdraw vital European funding, officials are expected to extend deadline to finance work in 2016 and 2017
The story behind the reattributed drawing by Hieronymus Bosch
Project to mark 500th anniversary of artist’s death upgrades Infernal Landscape to an authentic work
Step inside conceptual artist David Ireland’s greatest masterpiece—his home
House on 500 Capp Street in San Francisco will become an arts space, archive and study centre
Icom releases red list of Libyan antiquities at risk
With the country in “chaos” because of civil war, museum council warns officials, institutions and the art trade of the kinds of objects that could be looted
For world-class Art Deco, visit Shanghai
Chinese city is first in Asia to host global congress
The price tag of contemporary art is just the beginning of what it will cost you
The Art Preservation Index wants collectors to know that much art today is made from materials that will deteriorate fast
Celebrated director of World Monuments Fund retires
Bonnie Burnham made the organisation, which turns 50 this year, into a global powerhouse
Tintoretto’s Venetian masterpieces sparkle again
Cleaning and LED lighting give visitors a glimpse of how the space originally looked
Kinky Calder gets restored in time for UK debut
Artist’s grandsons waived fees to conserve his largest work, which goes on show at Tate Modern this week
MoMA unveils film classics restored to former glory
International Festival of Film Preservation, which opens today, will show a mix of silent comedies, classics and cult favourites
La Dolce Vita’s Trevi Fountain revived
The Fendi-backed €2.2m restoration of the Roman tourist favourite is nearly complete
Hiker discovers 1,200-year-old Viking sword in Norway
Archaeologist says climate change could result in more ancient objects resurfacing in the far North