Researchers at the Landesmuseum in Halle found fragments of paint on the ancient wooden object

Work on the battle-scarred 39 sq. m Papal feast scene, housed in a monastery in Vicenza, should be completed by early 2021

Open letter describes the Garrison Church, damaged in the Second World War, as the symbol of an “unholy alliance” between church, military, and state

Construction had been expected to start a week earlier, but new safety measures for the protection of workers are still being tested

Famous Ancient Egyptian artefact transferred from Luxor tomb to Cairo for delicate conservation work ahead of museum opening

The 16th-century Virgin and Child with Saints is now back on show

The Courtauld Institute of Art has launched an online exhibition which shows a selection of digitised images of the Paris cathedral

State regalia, Russian icons and decorative pistols go on show in exhibition celebrating the hidden craft of conservation

Three huge silk and wool works depicting England’s Midland counties have been painstakingly preserved by the Bodleian Library and the National Trust

The current approach to its restoration fails to take account of the interconnected structural “engineering” of Gothic architecture

The cathedral’s roof, wholly destroyed in the fire, was built of some 1300 great trees

Several charitable and crowdfunding campaigns have launched since the fire

The 19th-century daredevil is most famous for crossing Niagara Falls 17 times—once with a stove on which he cooked an omelette

Competitive philanthropy can help save France’s flagship cathedral

Historic vessels set sail again from wet dock at the heart of the Lake District boating museum

Two-year restoration of James Thornhill's dizzying Baroque interior was the largest open-access conservation project in Europe

Mysterious papers were found during the restoration of the south London house in Hackford Road where the Dutchman lodged

Architects, conservation experts and paint archaeologists have collaborated on £12m project to reopen west London house

The full-scale preparatory drawing for the Vatican’s School of Athens fresco is going back on view after a four-year restoration

As the Rijksmuseum prepares to restore the Dutch master’s most-celebrated painting in full view of the public, we look at its chequered conservation history

$17.7m effort includes refurbishment of “palm dome” and two galleries

Residential Palace complex, a casualty of Allied bombing in the Second World War, is due to be rebuilt by 2021

The Chicago artist will mill a portion of the period wood for the $4m project to replace the historic New York building's floor

Landmark Trust's restoration finds that oak timber used to build Welsh house was felled in the winters of 1418-19 and 1420-21

But the bust of Napoleon is still being restored

Restored paintings will form part of a new display of 66 works, including several Persian pieces bought by the UK's Government Art Collection after the attack

Meanwhile, the museum partners with a Chinese tech firm to digitise its catalogued collection

River of Life depiction has been newly reattributed to J & R Lamb Studios

Now painting under his own name, Beltracchi's works are part of a selling exhibition currently touring Europe

Structural engineers and architects were among those restoring the room-sized cast at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC