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Institutions Are Increasingly Rethinking Public Art Conservation With Climate Extremes in Mind

Museum directors and conservators describe taking increasingly proactive measures to protect artwork from the effects of climate change, including hiring art-savvy engineers to ove...

Battered Duerer masterpiece up for five-year revamp

Albrecht Duerer's "Feast of the Rosary", a Renaissance gem of Prague's National Gallery, is facing a painstaking five-year reconstruction designed to set right five centuries of mi...

Experts On How to Mitigate the Ethical and Environmental Impacts of Collecting Art

In the fine art world, one increasingly hears terms like "ethical" and "sustainable" used in reference to art advising, installation practices, upcycled mediums and even curation....

Centre Pompidou Francilien — Fabrique de l’Art / PCA-STREAM

The Centre Pompidou Francilien – Fabrique de l'Art houses the reserve collections of two institutions. The building has two faces, reflecting the paradox at the heart of its brief....

How to Seal and Protect a Finished Paint by Numbers Painting

Learn how to seal a finished paint by numbers painting, choose an acrylic-compatible varnish, apply thin coats, and protect your artwork from damage.

Carravagio’s “Bacchus” saved after flash flood in the Uffizi

Torrential rains in Florence threatened to damage a painting of the god Bacchus by the Baroque master Caravaggio when a skylight leaked in the Uffizi gallery. Continue reading Carr...

Cracks in security? Qing dynasty ceramics damaged in British Museum display

Two Chinese ceramics at the British Museum have been damaged while on display and are being restored, sparking fresh debate over how museums should safely exhibit fragile cultural...

A New Lens on Modern Heritage: ArchDaily Partners with World Monuments Fund

What makes a building worth preserving? Age is the most common answer, but not always the best one. A building from the 1950s or 70s may carry as much historical significance as a...

Te Papa’s 700-year masterclass in carving taonga

GAZA CITY

A volunteer from the 'Guardians of Heritage' team carries out conservation work as part of an initiative to protect the historical features of the damaged Abu Salim mosque that was...

Florence Storm Sends Rain Dripping Onto Caravaggio's Bacchus Case

A Flash Flood in Florence Leaked Through a Skylight, but Officials Say No Artwork Was Damaged  A violent storm over Florence on the afternoon of Thursday, September 17, sent wat...

At the Getty, the Beauty of Medieval Manuscripts Is in the Materials

"The Making of a Medieval Manuscript," curated by conservator Nancy Turner, brings together volumes ranging from animal-skin folios to gilded books, with Christian, Jewish and Isla...

5 Iconic Famous Paintings To Bring Classic Art Into Your Living Room

Blank walls don’t tell much about the person in the room. Printed reproductions are a more affordable substitute for original art, but they are often dull and not as closely connec...

Archaic Acropolis horse and rider regain their original stand

A fragmentary equestrian statue of an ancient Athenian nobleman destroyed in the Persian invasion of Greece is being re-exhibited at the Acropolis Museum after conservation during...

Looking Class

Timely questions lurk at the heart of connoisseurship: What counts as originality, what value do we place on it, how do we protect it?

Fine art fakes pass on paperwork, and standard cover leaves the authenticity risk with the owner

Valuations and provenance carry a work from sale to policy, while authenticity sits outside standard cover until a claim puts it to the test

Bayeux Mania

Cutting-edge conservation techniques allowed the famous tapestry to travel to England from France. The exhibition in London is shaping up to be a blockbuster.