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 ...

Masterpieces like The Mona Lisa or The Coronation of Napoleon are admired by tens of thousands of visitors to the Louvre each day. Yet, deep within the Paris museum’s vaults lie thousands more works ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB In the basement of the Portland Art Museum stands a brand new state of the art conservation suite, built as part of the ongoing campaign for a $111 million museum renovation ...

A restorer works in the restoration studio of the Doerner Institut. Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images Art doesn’t come with warranties, and state consumer protection statutes ...

In Florence, skilled restorers, with help from technology, lay bare the secret pasts of masterworks. By Laura Rysman FLORENCE, Italy — Art is a gamble at longevity beyond the artist’s earthly years — ...

For aspiring painters of the 15th century, the Italian peninsula was the place to be, its city-states offering generous patronage and the chance to encounter the work of masters past and present. This ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A rare piece of art by a famous Iowan artist will soon leave the Sioux City Art Center for restoration. Almost everyone is familiar with Grant Wood’s painting of a ...

The City of Johannesburg’s Arts Gallery (JAG) looks set to be rejuvenated following years of neglect. The municipality’s agreement for the temporary relocation of JAG comes after JAG proposed its ...

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 ...

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 ...