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 ...

A recently restored painting by Renaissance master Jacopo Tintoretto is now on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The museum supported a conservation project of the masterpiece led by the Gallerie ...

Over decades and centuries, a painting will be altered by light exposure, air quality, temperature fluctuations and chemical reactions in the paint layers. These factors can cause cracks, ...

Scans of the painting during various stages in its restoration. At left is the damaged piece, with the middle panel showing a map of the different kinds of damage present; green lines show full splits ...

Soft scraping, dabs of solvent, the methodical swabbing of a painted surface inch by inch: art restoration videos are an ASMR goldmine. In this niche genre, conservator Julian Baumgartner is a bona ...

A new method can physically restore original paintings using digitally constructed films. Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have identified areas ...

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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 ...

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