Conservation
Pimp my coffin: Ancient Egyptian priest changed sarcophagus as his career progressed
Research for Fitzwilliam Museum's new show reveals that in antiquity funerary arrangements were made well in advance
Cabaret Voltaire, birthplace of Dada, could be yours for $13m
Zurich theatre where the movement was founded 100 years ago is facing an uncertain future
Putin dresses-down culture department over state of monuments
Chief cultural adviser leaves post shortly after Russian president takes aim at his art and culture council and praises efforts of heritage activists
Cheikhmous Ali: the Syrian archaeologist who doesn’t take sides
As the fifth anniversary of the Syrian civil war approaches, he continues to document the destruction and looting of the country’s heritage from France and Turkey, with the help of a network of volunteers on the ground
Turner’s house to be restored—but only if crowdfunding cash comes in
Artist designed and built the 203-year-old villa in Twickenham as a retreat from London art world
First church found on slave-trade island
Portuguese structure in Cabo Verde is oldest European building in the tropics
Altamira caves raffle plan is ‘nonsense’, says Spain’s culture secretary
Local tourist minister has proposed auctioning tickets to the heritage site to help raise funds
Unterlinden Museum, home of the Isenheim Altarpiece, officially reopened
The €44m renovation and expansion will be fully completed this spring
You are being watched: update of ‘self-documenting’ work puts San Francisco visitors under surveillance
Fresh look for Australian landscape that defined a nation
New date suggests Frederick McCubbin promoted Australian Impressionism earlier than experts thought
Watts couple’s revamped ‘his and hers’ studios to open in Compton
Visitors can watch conservators at work in the renovated space
How do you clean a masterpiece? Louvre to restore Leonardo da Vinci’s St John the Baptist
The museum is opting for total transparency ahead of a sensitive conservation project
Rapture restored to Bernini’s Baroque masterpiece after clean-up reveals unity of design
Two decades of grime were removed from The Ecstasy of St Teresa (1647-52)
Suspected arson at Fontainebleau church
Historic furnishings damaged and around a dozen objects missing or destroyed
Cracking plan to protect Great Wall of China
Survey to identify the most endangered sections will begin in Inner Mongolia
British Library to put very big royal atlas online
Project reveals madness of King George III for his map collection <p> </p>
Eleventh-hour deadline extension saves Pompeii’s huge rescue project
Despite earlier threats to withdraw vital European funding, officials are expected to extend deadline to finance work in 2016 and 2017
The story behind the reattributed drawing by Hieronymus Bosch
Project to mark 500th anniversary of artist’s death upgrades Infernal Landscape to an authentic work
Step inside conceptual artist David Ireland’s greatest masterpiece—his home
House on 500 Capp Street in San Francisco will become an arts space, archive and study centre
Icom releases red list of Libyan antiquities at risk
With the country in “chaos” because of civil war, museum council warns officials, institutions and the art trade of the kinds of objects that could be looted
For world-class Art Deco, visit Shanghai
Chinese city is first in Asia to host global congress
The price tag of contemporary art is just the beginning of what it will cost you
The Art Preservation Index wants collectors to know that much art today is made from materials that will deteriorate fast