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Art Restoration

Jan 4

A Supposed Caravaggio Could Return to Madrid, But Restoration Will Be Delicate

In 2021, the painting was pulled from a Madrid auction after researchers posited it could be a Caravaggio.
By Helen Holmes
Jul 31

‘Mystic Lamb’ Restoration, Mocked on the Internet, Determined to be Accurate

Back in January, Twitter caught fire when the Mystic Lamb's new 'Instagram face' was revealed. Now, researchers have proven that's how it was originally painted
By Helen Holmes
Jun 23

Art Restorers Call for a Crackdown on ‘Botchers’ After Another Painting Is Destroyed

'They're botchers who botch things up. They destroy things,' a Spanish art restorer told the Guardian this week after a copy of the 'Immaculate Conception' was altered beyond recognition.
By Helen Holmes
Feb 14

What’s Revealed Through Reuniting van Eyck’s Masterpieces in Ghent

By Noah Charney
Jun 28

Can Spain’s Botched St. George Sculpture Be Fixed? Art Restorers Weigh In.

By Paddy Johnson
Lizzie ONeill collections management officer and Liz Davidson project management manager, hold the original Mackintosh Art School plans at The Hunterian Collections Study Centre on September 19, 2016 in Glasgow, Scotland. Over one million of the items from The Hunterian collections are currently being moved to bespoke storage and study facilities at Kelvin Hall—the newly refurbished Glasgow landmark building transformed by a partnership between the University of Glasgow, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life and the National Library of Scotland.
Jun 6

How Experts Are Using Only Traditional Methods to Recreate Mackintosh’s Library

By Alanna Martinez
People look at the restored fresco "dei Fornai" (bakers) cubicle, during a visit after the restoration of the catacomb of Santa Domitilla, in central Rome, on May 30, 2017.
Jun 5

1,600-Year-Old Restored Frescoes Shed Light on Roman Baking Life

By Alanna Martinez
A photographer takes a picture of a prototype of the tube of the new linear accelerator Linac 4, at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on May 9, 2017 in Meyrin near Geneva. CERN inaugurates its linear accelerator, Linac 4 due to feed the CERN accelerator complex with particle beams of higher energy, which will allow the LHC to reach higher luminosity by 2021. It will become the first step in CERNs accelerator chain, delivering proton beams to a wide range of experiments. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
May 9

CERN’s New Particle Accelerator Has Potential to Treat Cancer and Detect Art Fakes

By Alanna Martinez
The U.S. Mint's 225th anniversary commemorative $100 gold coin features a black Lady Liberty.
Jan 13

Black Lady Liberty to Appear on US Coin, How Art Can Be Used to Detect Alzheimer’s

By Alanna Martinez
Marilyn Minter, Miley, (2016).
Apr 15

Marilyn Minter Paints Miley Cyrus, Tate Modern Vows to Show More Women—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A protester belonging to a group of artists calling themselves 'The Good Crude Britannia', who want the Tate to cut its ties with British Petroleum (BP), throws a substance thought to be molasses on the floor outside, the Tate Britain on June 28, 2010, as the gallery holds its summer party.
Mar 11

BP to Cease Tate Sponsorship, Walker Art Center Ends Internet Cat Fest—and More

By Alanna Martinez
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 15: Ai Weiwei stands with his sculpture 'Straight' as he previews works from His landmark art exhibition on September 15, 2015 in London, England. The Royal Academy of Art is showing the work of one of China's leading contemporary artists until mid-December. Ai Weiwei's activism in China saw him detained without charge in 2011 for 81 days. (Photo by Alex B. Huckle/Getty Images)
Nov 2

Ai Weiwei’s Thoughts on Art and Sex, Long-Lost Peggy Guggenheim Tapes Found, and More

By Alanna Martinez
Aug 26

Touching-Up the Legers: U.N. To Reopen with Murals Restored

By Ann Binlot
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