12th-century temple at risk from encroaching tropical forests

Unesco sends out conflicting press releases

Unesco will convene an international meeting next month to discuss reconstruction

Estée Lauder makeover for Santa Cecilia

Catastrophe strikes as restorers use routine conservation method

Antonio Paolucci states he will halt the Uffizi’s planned restoration of the painting if he hears convincing arguments as to why it should not take place

Several works subject to restoration paid for by Estée Lauder

A $1.8 million project saves both paintings and the contemplative space designed by the artist himself

Nina Amaku's rendition of 'Il Cavalo' is relegated to the racetrack

British architect David Chipperfield has pacified both conservatives and progressives with his masterplan for the Museum Island which links the museums by underground tunnels

The conclusion of the twenty-year project to restore Leonardo’s famous fresco has made headlines around the world The Art Newspaper presents a selection of reactions from the newspapers

The Fitzwilliam acquires the missing half of its 'A rider on a rearing horse'

Bonsanti defends the twenty-year project that hoped to breathe life back into the wreck of one of Leonardo's masterworks

From Jacques Franck of the Armand Hammer Center

This study is based on a close look at conservation and restoration research, a scientific examination of the artist’s technique, and new documentary evidence

A twenty -year restoration project has removed many layers of overpainting

Long waiting times expected as the doors reopen to one of Da Vinci's masterworks

As chief restorer of Andorra and consultant to Unesco, Guillamet was invited to save these murals. Months later, as revolution brewed, the paintings were abandoned. Seventeen years later, and this remains the case

At a projected $50.7 million, theirs was not the cheapest plan proposed, but the fastest and technically the best

The Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican shows the master at his best

The crypt of the baroque Frauenkirche was reopened last month, with an altar by Anish Kapoor

£250,000 needed to restore the greatest English medieval altarpiece

Sainsbury money is helping restore the fifteenth-century, Venetian-style masterpiece shelled in 1991

The rubble began to be cleared from the burnt-out shell of the theatre in May, as rumours leaked from the judicial enquiry that the fire which destroyed it in January may have been arson. There is no proof, however, and investigations continue, while the mayor of Venice, Massimo Cacciari, tries to speed up the rebuilding by putting the town hall technical department in charge of drawing up the preliminary plan

A plan to reconstruct Mostar's historic centre

The masterwork at the Santa Maria delle Grazie re-opens to the public this month as restoration near completion

UNESCO threaten to de-list the building if central and regional governments refused to cooperate

Conservation efforts have been underway since the Seventies

£13 million voted by the government has yet to arrive: most of the restoration has so far been paid for by public donation. Alberto Ronchey, Minister for Culture, has declared his aim to see thirty new rooms created within three years in former storage space, tripling the size of the Uffizi

Britain’s Foreign Office to support reconstruction of church bombed by Allies