Restoration

Patriarch Aleksey II of Moscow and All Russia on restitution: "Places of worship first, museums second"

The official position of the Russian Orthodox Church, as explained by its spokesman

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The Uffizi’s “Wounded warrior” is a Greek original

It was previously believed that the statue was a copy

Banca Toscana to sponsor restoration of Cimabue’s altarpiece “Maestà”

The structure that replaced the wooden support has caused the 13th century Madonna to rupture

Let them take their art with them into the afterlife: Achille Bonito Oliva proposes a dignified exit for contemporary works of art

What is the point of restoring modern art? Is it reasonable to treat a Rauschenberg as if it were a Leonardo?

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Restoration workshop set up within Aachen cathedral

Imperial cathedral needs DM40 million after further damage was found to the building and its furnishings

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Raphael re-discovered in Northumberland Collection

Raphael’s “Madonna of the Pinks” has now been firmly reattributed after cleaning

The splendour of ruins?

To resurrect or not to resurrect Dresden’s Frauenkirche, which has been left in ruins as a slowly decaying war memorial

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Prince of Wales and World Monuments Fund step in to save Liverpool's St George's Hall

City officials are debating what to do with the Neo-Classical civic monument, which experts consider to be one of Europe's finest buildings