In spotless laboratories, well locked and hidden away in the basements of the world’s great museums, hundreds of men in white smocks are working feverishly, day in and day out, at “restoring” art ...

TL;DR: A new chapter in art conservation is unfolding at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where mechanical engineering graduate student Alex Kachkine has developed a technique that could ...

“Of all the works of antiquity that escaped destruction,” German archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann once said of the Apollo Belvedere, a beloved sculpture from the Vatican ...

In a quiet space secluded from the throngs of daily visitors to Madrid's Prado art museum, a team of experts perpetuate an ...

The debate between restoration accuracy and personal vision is a critical conversation in the fields of art, architecture, ...

Art sleuth Arthur Brand recovered "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" in 2023, three years after it was stolen from a ...

Jane Orleman had seen husband Richard “Dick” Elliott’s massive reflector artwork, “Circle of Light,” up close just once before a celebratory event on Monday. Elliott, his brother-in-law and a friend ...

FLORENCE, Metropolitan City of Florence — Italy is an art lover's dream. "Living in Italy allows you to see amazing works of art everywhere you go. But, in Florence, it's even more extraordinary," ...

IMMEDIATELY after the October Revolution in 1917, the Soviet government took effective measures to protect cultural relics. Government commissars charged with the task of ensuring the safety of art ...

Now, when you think of Spain, you will think of bad art restorations. Spain has found itself in the center of yet another story about an amateur art restorer being hired to clean up a priceless piece ...

Conservation has traditionally relied on aqueous or organic solvents, poultices, and mechanical tools to remove surface deposits, old varnishes, or salt efflorescence. But these well-used methods can ...