As the centuries go by, our most cherished art historical masterpieces face some inevitable wear and tear. A darkening varnish might obscure an artist’s original vision, or atmospheric conditions ...
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 ...
Nestled in rural Dunn County roughly halfway between Menomonie and Eau Claire sits Restoration Station, one of the few repair shops for vintage jukeboxes that remain ...
There is only one tool trusted by art world insiders to buy, sell, and research art: the Artnet Price Database. Its users across industries—from auction houses to museums, galleries, and government ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – After months of painstaking restoration and renovations on the Capitol’s Rotunda, scaffolding is set to come down – a month early. Crews have been working on the restoration ...
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 ...
Seville is up in arms these days because the newly restored face of the Virgin of La Macarena, a 17th century carving by an unknown artist and of incalculable value to thousands of the faithful which, ...
The Tefaf Museum Restoration Fund has been awarded to the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister for its restoration of Rubens‘s ‘The ...
Mary Weaver, owner of Browning Arts Center downtown, believes she is likely the last person doing art restoration between Winnipeg and Minneapolis. She says it's time to pass the baton. Mary Weaver is ...
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 ...