Conservation
President Macron confirms Notre Dame opening date plus plans for a new museum
While worshippers will be permitted to enter the cathedral by December 2024, a revamp of the surrounding area will continue
Waddesdon Manor’s elephant swings its trunk once more
Restored to its former glory, the 200kg automaton is now on show at the Buckingham mansion
DIY insulation and cow bones: Oxford college renovation reveals what life was like as a 17th-century student
The conservation of St John’s College has uncovered hidden paintings, underfloor fire escapes and an intriguing signature
Model restoration: Holbein painting of Tudor merchant returned to original glory—including sharper cheekbones
The newly conserved portrait of Derich Born will star in the Queen's Gallery show on the northern Renaissance artist
Controversial Stonehenge tunnel scheme gets greenlight from UK government
Campaign groups say move is ‘as inexplicable as it is disgraceful’
Art and heritage groups must ‘take action now’ to protect culture against climate change, report says
Authors of a new report from the the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and the National Endowment for the Humanities say climate change is the most significant threat in conservation
Climate protestors who targeted US National Gallery of Art’s Degas sculpture face prison time
The two protesters have have been indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of conspiracy
Russian authorities confirm that famous 'Trinity' icon will be transferred to church despite protests from restorers and art historians
The announcement that President Putin will return Andrei Rublev’s masterpiece has sparked criticism from experts due to its fragile condition
Hungry art student eats Maurizio Cattelan’s banana work
The student, who was visiting a major Cattelan exhibition at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, taped the empty banana peel back to the wall
Milan authorities must hire conservationist after struggling to clean statue damaged by climate activists
Italian officials have approved draft bill to bring in tougher sanctions for protestors who target heritage
Conservation of Chris Burden’s Urban Light and large Warhol Oxidation canvas among projects supported by latest Bank of America grants
In all 23 projects, from Virginia to Hong Kong, are receiving support through the bank's latest round of conservation grants
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?