Restoration
Secrets and lies: the role of restorers in art crime
Regulation of the conservation profession may be a start, but can it quash the “ego” that often motivates restorers-turned-forgers?
Manet of the Valleys: portrait of the artist's bespectacled cousin to be restored by National Museum Wales
Painting will undergo extensive technical examination and cleaning thanks to €20,000 grant from Tefaf fund
A year on from the devastating Beirut blast, the city’s national museum slowly reopens
Louvre specialists worked with Lebanese counterparts to repair the damaged building
Eccentric Wentworth Woodhouse estate—home to centuries-old camellias—gets set to bloom again in Yorkshire
The rambling 365-room mansion is being rescued from near collapse, starting with its tea house
British Museum to restore glass artefacts shattered in Beirut explosion
Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund
Nailed it: Kizhi Pogost church is finally restored on Russian island of remarkable wooden buildings
Newly reopened 18th-century Church of the Transfiguration, topped with 22 domes, is said to have been built without a single nail
John Singleton Copley double portrait lovingly restored, pock marks and all
So-called imperfections laid bare at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Cinematic revival: Hong Kong's post-war landmark State Theatre to be restored by 2026
Billionaire collector and property developer Adrian Cheng is leading the project to reopen the defunct 1950s cinema as a "cultural oasis"
Paris's landmark Hôtel de la Marine opens to visitors—and co-working offices—after four years of restoration
The 550-room palace has undergone a €132m makeover by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
A fatal Mafia bombing shook Florence in 1993—now the Uffizi is fixing damage to its famous Vasari corridor with memorials of the attack
Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year
‘The Colosseum is the last thing I would spend money on’: experts angry over plans for €15m floor at Italy’s most famous site
Archaeologists object to covering the amphitheatre's unique underground space and point to more vital restoration projects in the country
Remembering Gianluigi Colalucci, who oversaw the 14-year restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
The restorer expertly honoured the "oneness of a work of art" and always balanced its historical and aesthetic qualities
'It could have been much worse': the current state of play of Notre Dame's restoration, two years after the fire
Philippe Villeneuve, the lead architect of the cathedral, is confident the Parisian landmark will reopen for the Olympic Games in 2024
Solace through conservation: World Monuments Fund makes strides in restoring war-damaged sites in Yemeni city
Amid debilitating war, conservation of mausoleum and museum palace in Taiz is now complete
Gifted to the English city 80 years ago, Coventry's medieval Charterhouse will finally open to the public
After a £4.3m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant and years of restoration, the historic priory is set to open this summer
France gives €500,000 towards reconstruction of Beirut's blast-hit Sursock Museum
French aid will restore the stained-glass windows and Arab salon of the historic villa, which was severely damaged in port explosions last August
Restored Ghent Altarpiece returns to Saint Bavo's Cathedral with a temperature-controlled case and AR headsets
Medieval masterpiece by Jan and Hubert Van Eyck is being unveiled today after a three-year treatment
Walk through the 2,000-year-old Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome's first emperor
The circular tomb—used through history as a fortress, a sculpture garden and an entertainment venue—reopens as a museum after an €11m restoration
Foundation that championed women’s art in Florence will close down after restoring 70 works by artists including Artemisia Gentileschi
The philanthropic organisation Advancing Women Artists will halt conservation projects due to lack of funds
Disarming new findings on Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi
The Louvre’s examination of the picture and independent analysis suggest blessing hand and arm were not part of the artist’s original concept
Smithsonian downsizes $2bn expansion of its south campus in Washington
The institution unveils planned changes to its historic Castle and Arts and Industries Building
Volunteers plan to return ‘Albert Hall of the North’ to its glory days
After years of neglect, ornate Victorian auditorium in northern seaside town of Morecambe is being saved
New hope that Istanbul orphanage—Europe's largest timber building—can be saved from ruin
After decades of neglect, a fundraising drive could restore Prinkipo Orphanage as an environmental research centre
Miró Labyrinth meanders towards restoration at south of France's Maeght Foundation
Conservation project tackles damage to Joan Miró's terraced maze of sculptures and ceramics in grounds of Modern art museum
The potato head of Palencia: defaced Spanish statue latest victim of botched restoration
Conservation professionals have questioned why Spain's heritage is continually handed over to those with no formal training
Unexploded bombs: the major hitch in this German castle's restoration
Gardens of the Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam must be probed for undetonated explosives before further renovations can take place
US and Russia 'leave aside the politics' to restore Raphael frescoes
A grant of over $100,000 has been given from the US to St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum for the maintenance of three 16th-century school of Raphael works
Blockbuster Vermeer exhibition—including restored 'hidden Cupid' painting—announced at Dresden's Semperbau
The show promises to be “one of the most spectacular” in the newly renovated museum's history
An invitation to sponsor a tile: keeping a roof over Jane Austen’s village home
Donations have poured in from all over the globe since the museum appealed for aid
Medieval Carlisle building gets new lease of life after perilous engineering project
The Grade I listed Fratry is now connected to the Carlisle cathedral via a new light-flooded sandstone cafe