Conservation
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
Restoration work on Timbuktu's historic tombs to finish this month
Ancient sites were targeted by extremist groups
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
Pompeii in a fix despite cash boost
Funds for Great Pompeii Project could be withdrawn as lack of staff and red tape stifle efforts to save site
Nepal mourns and prepares to rebuild after heritage is destroyed in deadly quake
Prime minister appeals for $2bn after historic squares are reduced to rubble and ancient temples are damaged in deadly disaster
Has Russian government’s half-billion dollar pledge to save historic city of Vyborg come too late?
Experts blame local authorities in Vyborg for failing to act as architecture begins to collapse
Where Marie Antoinette laid her head: Fontainebleau’s reinstated Turkish bedroom opens to the public
Opening marks the completion of a seven-year restoration project
Fears for cultural heritage as Israel sells off property
Experts say Palestinian heritage is at risk as ministry makes money from buildings seized from refugees
Palace replica opens at Chinese movie studios, despite official complaints
Authorities at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing tried to block the copy from being built
Four Seasons revamp turned down by NYC landmarks commission
Aby Rosen’s controversial plans to bring the 1958 restaurant “back to its original glory” met with opposition from architects and preservationists