Conservation
'One of the most exciting unknown stories from the Napoleonic Wars': British escapee's military disguise goes on display in London
Midshipman Charles Hare's account of his escape from a French prison, alongside the outfit he fled in, can be seen from today at the National Maritime Museum
Churchill’s Monet—restored after many years of cigar smoke—goes on show in Courtauld blockbuster
Traces of the statesman’s smoke have been removed from the painting of Charing Cross Bridge, which took Monet 24 years to finish
Paul McCarthy throwing out vast installation no institution or collector stepped in to preserve
Last year, the artist put his 2013 installation “WS White Snow” on show in a Los Angeles warehouse in hopes of finding a long-term custodian
George Rickey sculpture partially collapses outside News Corp's New York headquarters
One of the work’s two hoop-like pendulums fell off outside the Manhattan offices of the Wall Street Journal publisher
Appeal to save Brighton Pavilion dome after ‘devastating’ damage discovery
Brighton and Hove Museums hopes to raise at least £10,000 to conserve the Grade I listed building
Campaigners celebrate scrapping of 'monstrous' Stonehenge tunnel scheme
Labour government cancels redevelopment in spending squeeze—but heritage bodies say conservation solutions are still needed
Lost self-portrait by UK painter Norman Cornish discovered behind bar scene
The undated work, which was during conservation work, is going on display in an exhibition at the Bowes Museum in County Durham
Castle in war-torn Yemen partially reopens
Emergency repairs at 11th-century fortress offer a ray of hope in country where dozens of historic sites are damaged or destroyed
Salisbury Cathedral conservation offers window into William Morris’s workshop
Edward Burne-Jones’s stained-glass work has been removed for conservation for the first time
‘We are not seeing the picture Rubens intended’: conservation reveals drastic changes made to acclaimed Judgement of Paris
More than a year of meticulous research and work has led to the painting being glowingly restored—while revealing amendments by an unknown artist that “changed the narrative completely”
Icom names Medea Ekner as director general
Ekner, who was appointed interim director general last year, has 25 years of museum experience in Sweden and New Zealand
Up in arms: Mexican archaeological bureau denounces damage to at least one mummy in Guanajuato’s famous museum
Local authorities respond that mummy deterioration is not new and even inevitable given a history of visitors “touching them or taking souvenirs, such as bits of clothing”
Kernel of truth: pollen cone stuck in paint reveals where Van Gogh’s Irises grew
His purple flowers have now faded to blue, as revealed during research for a Getty exhibition in October
Getting plastered: major conservation work begins on an extraordinary ceiling in Cornwall
Visitors have the unique chance to see the barrel-vaulted ceiling of the Long Gallery at Lanhydrock up close thanks to a scaffolding platform
‘An unsatisfying status quo’: art centre can neither demolish artist Mary Miss’s outdoor installation nor be forced to repair it, judge rules
Stalemate in the dispute over the fate of Miss’s Land art environment in Des Moines, Iowa
Little-known mural Keith Haring made for an Iowa school goes on public view for first time
Created less than a year before the artist’s death, ‘A Book Full of Fun’ was painstakingly moved to the Stanley Museum of Art while the school undergoes renovation
The €5 tourist tax to enter Venice kicks in: 15,700 tickets sold but this will not solve the city’s problems
Day visitors should pay €25 as for the Uffizi but be made proud to help save the city
St Mark’s architect warns that Venice’s historic houses are falling down
In an interview, Maria Piana, the architect responsible for the famous basilica, says urgent action is needed to save the city’s houses from rising water levels
Salvation for artist’s apocalyptic prophecy house
Isaiah Robertson's house covered in kaleidoscopic assemblages in Niagara Falls, New York, to open to the public as an art destination and community gathering space
Artist Mary Miss sues US art centre to block demolition of her Land art environment
Municipal officials recently approved the Des Moines Art Center’s plans to demolish “Greenwood Pond: Double Site”
Two climate activists charged for pouring red powder on National Archives display of the US Constitution
The Valentine’s Day protest was carried out by members of the environmental group Declare Emergency
Under the bonnet: €300,000 Ferrari-funded restoration completed on 13th-century Cimabue fresco
Maestà di Assisi, located in the saint's home town, which survived a deadly earthquake in 1997, has been returned to its original luminosity
Trinity College Dublin turns a page on Old Library conservation
A major €90m upgrade of the hallowed Long Room—and its 200,000 books—begins at the end of the year, while its famous Book of Kells gets an immersive makeover
Uproar over US art centre’s plan to demolish Land art environment by Mary Miss
The Des Moines Art Center in Iowa intends to demolish Miss’s environmental intervention, against the artist’s wishes
Venice city council proposes limiting tourist groups and banning loudspeakers
Latest measures are attempt to stem mass tourism and conserve the historic city
Revealed: the damp-proof lead layer protecting Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
Scientists discovered extra seam during Operation Night Watch conservation project at the Rijksmuseum
Private donations save Bologna’s Garisenda tower from collapse
City had been forced to cordon off leaning 12th-century structure
President Macron confirms Notre Dame opening date plus plans for a new museum
While worshippers will be permitted to enter the cathedral by December 2024, a revamp of the surrounding area will continue
Waddesdon Manor’s elephant swings its trunk once more
Restored to its former glory, the 200kg automaton is now on show at the Buckingham mansion
DIY insulation and cow bones: Oxford college renovation reveals what life was like as a 17th-century student
The conservation of St John’s College has uncovered hidden paintings, underfloor fire escapes and an intriguing signature