All posts in conservation
Conservators give the lamb in the Ghent Altarpiece a facelift, now, everyone is freaking out
When restorationists took to cleaning and conserving the Ghent Altarpiece, no one could have expected the reaction the internet was going to have. Without a doubt, the project, which has […]
Restoration of Ghent Altarpiece reveals original painting
Conservators are in the home stretch of the second phase of a massive conservation of the Ghent Altarpiece. Set to finish in just a few weeks on the 24th, the […]
Notre Dame among sites considered at-risk by World Monuments Fund
Every two years, the World Monuments Fund (WMF), based in New York City, announces sites around the world that are deemed to be at-risk. The purpose of the list is […]
Despite attempt to block loan of ‘Vitruvian Man,’ drawing heads to the Louvre
Just a week before the start of the Louvre’s much-anticipated blockbuster exhibition of works by Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian court threw out an appeal put forth two weeks ago […]
Italian court halts loan of the Vitruvian Man ahead of blockbuster da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre
Just two weeks ago, Italy and France signed a deal that reinstated a 2017 deal that would green light a number of works by Leonardo da Vinci to be loaned […]
Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ hidden in plain sight
Water lilies and Claude Monet (1840-1926) more or less go hand-in-hand. One of the best-known and loved Impressionist painters, Monet’s most iconic paintings are those he did of the water […]
‘Van Gogh and the Sunflowers’: exhibition shows off recent research on the beloved painting
After an extensive and overdue bought of research, Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 version of Sunflowers, painted just a year before his death, will be the focal point of an exhibition […]
