Art restoration combines art history, chemistry, and studio art. Restoring a painting can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months. Although it can be meticulous, knowledge of proper techniques ...

Although AI-based restoration methods can indeed bring new life to damaged paintings, the end result is typically a digital copy of the original painting. By contrast, a new MIT technique applies ...

After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured by glass and coated in debris during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, the monumental oil-on-canvas, painstakingly restored over more ...

Mark Tucker, a UC Davis alum and conservator, visited UC Davis as the Art History department’s guest speaker on “The Challenges of Altered Paintings” in April, explaining how restoration can reveal ...

Behind-the-scenes look at painstaking work to preserve priceless pieces.

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 ...

A "devil-like figure" featured in a painting by a renowned artist that's more than 230 years old has been rediscovered after a recent restoration. The discovery came as a result of conservation work ...

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the ...

Cover title: On the knowledge and restoration of old paintings.

Raphael Gomes tests whether a bagel can be used to restore an old painting in a bizarre restoration experiment.

A “devil-like figure” featured in a painting by a renowned artist that’s more than 230 years old has been rediscovered after a recent restoration. The discovery came as a result of conservation work ...