Analysis of The Milkmaid ahead of a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum suggests he worked much faster than previously assumed

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

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

Silverfish were filmed behind the glazing of a photograph by Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Iranian museum

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

As Russia's war continues, conservation is proving impossible—but heritage groups, priests and volunteers are doing their best to document the destruction

The x-ray will be displayed in a lightbox in the forthcoming exhibition A Taste for Impressionism at National Galleries of Scotland

With loan shows bringing together dozens of works with diverse conservation histories, curators can face myriad hurdles in their quest for cohesion

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

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

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

The glass mosaic depicts figures from Classical mythology and was installed when the hotel opened in 1955—but remained hidden behind a wall for decades

Commissioned by Charles II, the work depicts the 1672 Battle of Solebay between the English and Dutch in which the 1st Earl of Sandwich drowned

The Kröller-Müller Museum painting will be unveiled in the Courtauld Gallery’s exhibition

Original sketch has been revealed beneath the paint, shedding light on the Dutch master's intention—but worrying deterioration of the famous picture has also been found

The great Rococo painting in the Wallace Collection in London has been cleaned, revealing some mischievous details

Scientific testing reveals that the artist radically changed his depiction of a Paris couple in a landmark 1788 painting

From the Bamiyan Valley to an ancient spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, former Unesco senior official Francesco Bandarin looks at the embattled country’s most important landmarks

The music, poetry, traditions and crafts that are kept alive by communities are especially vulnerable under the group’s ultra-conservative rule and the economic chaos of continuing conflict

Research on the historic piece of decorative art has revealed some surprising evidence that many of its original materials are intact

So-called imperfections laid bare at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sculpture is now on show at the Semperbau in Dresden

Conservation of the panels—bought by Elizabethan noblewoman Bess of Hardwick—has been National Trust's "most lengthy and expensive textile project"

Can the leaked Louvre book give us the final word on the much-maligned painting that we all need?

A three-year research project looked at the materials in four works from the same period to explain their differing conditions

New examinations of John the Baptist wall paintings in Augsburg cathedral date them to more than 1,000 years ago

Conservation boost from a US charity comes after the heritage organisation faced a £200m revenue collapse due to the pandemic

Moves by parishes to replace pews with chairs for “flexibility” anger traditionalists

A student of Duncan Grant and Oskar Kokoschka whose Clandeboye Yoghurt pictures made her the world’s “most famous disposable artist”

Conservation professionals have questioned why Spain's heritage is continually handed over to those with no formal training