Conservation
Keeping it real—fashion supremo Erdem Moralıoğlu is fascinated by museum conservation
The designer consulted restorers at the National Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and Tate Britain for his latest collection
Pompidou restores three paintings damaged in the Beirut explosion
Kees Van Dongen's portrait of the Lebanese art collector Nicolas Sursock among the works that needed restoration
Notre Dame to reopen in December 2024
Though the Parisian cathedral's nave is expected to reopen to the public by the end of 2024, work to restore the entire site could last until 2028
Vast light installation on San Francisco's Bay Bridge goes dark amid $11m fundraising effort to keep it on
After a decade of illuminating the Bay Area's second-most iconic span, Leo Villareal's artwork will be removed due to outages and weather damage
Huge Paul McCarthy installation seeks forever home
The artist’s “WS White Snow”, an installation which had only been on public display once, is on view in the artist’s studio amid efforts to secure its long-term care
Hogarth's forgotten stairwell: hidden in a 900-year-old London hospital are painter's vast canvases
Works will be restored and opened to the public to mark 900th anniversary of the St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Egon Schiele painting to be restored with €25,000 grant from Tefaf art fair
Once owned by Jewish collectors in Vienna, the landscape was exported to the US on condition it was exhibited in the Austrian pavilion at the 1948 Venice Biennale
Groups in Guatemala demand return of Maya throne sent to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guatemalan law prohibits the export of such artefacts for exhibition, local culture organisations say
Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later
Analysis of 16th-century, hand-drawn maps finds that the reds pigments were only available from the late 19th century
Heritage protection foundation Aliph expands with office in Saudi Arabia
The Geneva-based International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas is to open a second office in 2023 in Riyadh
‘We went from having two Cézannes to three’: x-ray of still life painting reveals hidden portrait
On a hunch, a conservator at the Cincinnati Art Museum had an early Cézanne still life scanned using x-ray imaging, which showed a painted-over portrait by the Modern master
In time for Christmas: London's National Gallery unveils newly-restored Piero della Francesca nativity scene
Painstaking restoration of Italian master’s revered painting reveals its full glory once more
Should the world resume co-operating with the Taliban on protecting Afghanistan's heritage?
Conservation projects that have been paused due to sanctions on the new government may restart after Unesco intervention
Taliban government approves conservation work on historic synagogue in Afghanistan
Go ahead given to a restoration project to preserve two historic sites associated with the Jewish community that once resided in Herat
Modigliani’s hidden depths come to light as historians and conservators reveal new aspects of his technique
The Italian artist's paintings and sculptures were studied ahead of an exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
Canova’s monument gets protection from Venice's challenging conditions
Vast pyramid containing sculptor’s heart has been restored with Venice in Peril funding, but will need continuous care and protection from worsening weather and pollution
Rijksmuseum strongly denies claims it is sinking due to wood-rotting fungi
Dutch national museum opposes the report claiming its foundations have been infected, stating the building “has not sunk a millimetre”
How can live art be held in museum collections? Tate conference to share its conclusions
An online conference backed by a research project will explore how institutions can care for time-based, live and organic art
Ukraine gets emergency Red List for art as evidence mounts of 'trading networks flowing West'
The International Council of Museums has worked with Interpol to create the list, with border patrols on "high alert" to seize art stolen from Ukrainian museums—but is it too late?
Investigation of Vermeer painting reveals 'startling discoveries' about his technique
Analysis of The Milkmaid ahead of a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum suggests he worked much faster than previously assumed
Do the Taliban regret blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas? New government takes steps to protect heritage
Leaders of the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan says it favours the conservation of the tangible heritage—including pre-Islamic monuments—but economic sanctions are getting in the way
After a devastating fire in 2018, the National Museum of Brazil unveils the first stage of its restoration project
As the first stage of the museum’s restoration project is unveiled, coinciding with the Brazilian bicentennial of independence, its director calls for more government investment
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art closes for fumigation after paper-eating bugs spotted inside artwork
Silverfish were filmed behind the glazing of a photograph by Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Iranian museum
The conservation studio is the coalface of art history—but not all 'restorations' can be solved with acetone
While my past purchases are lined up for a professional clean, it is the current damage of international cultural relations that seem most in need of a fix
Ukrainian churches and places of worship devastated by war
As Russia's war continues, conservation is proving impossible—but heritage groups, priests and volunteers are doing their best to document the destruction
Ghostly self-portrait of Van Gogh discovered on the back of his painting of a peasant
The x-ray will be displayed in a lightbox in the forthcoming exhibition A Taste for Impressionism at National Galleries of Scotland
Show of unity: the hidden challenges of staging major museum exhibitions
With loan shows bringing together dozens of works with diverse conservation histories, curators can face myriad hurdles in their quest for cohesion
How do you conserve a sculpture designed to decay?
Neri Oxman’s exhibition at SFMOMA features two versions of a sculpture made with bio-composite materials, one of which will decompose over the course of show
Babylon is coming back to life, with its famed Ishtar Gate to be restored by this summer
A new World Monuments Fund project in conjunction with the US embassy in Baghdad aims to repair Iraqi cultural heritage as part of the Future of Babylon project
Generational continuum: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art rejuvenates Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings
Eight of the 105 wall drawings in the sweeping retrospective, slated to be on view until 2043, will be restored as part of the project