Conservation

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

Have mummies, will travel

CT scans reveal secrets of Field Museum’s Peruvian and Egyptian treasures before they are sent on the road

Florence Baptistery hauls down the scaffolding in time for Papal visit

€2m restoration of eight marble outer walls took 21 months

How to document heritage sites under threat

Project aims to create virtual archives using 3D scanning technology

V&A’s Indian textiles have stories to tell

Shirt inscribed with Koranic verses was kept in storage for 80 years, while appliquéd wall hanging was found dumped in a New York street

Southern barbarians rise to fight again

Rediscovered Japanese panels on show after two years of painstaking restoration in specialist studio

Isil extremists blow up Palmyra's Arch of Triumph

Syrian antiquities head confirms destruction of ancient Roman archway

‘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