Kachkine's method begins with a traditional cleaning of the painting, removing old varnish and previous restoration attempts to reveal the true extent of the damage. The ...

MIT graduate student Alex Kachkine once spent nine months meticulously restoring a damaged baroque Italian painting, which left him plenty of time to wonder if technology could speed things up. Last ...

The church earned basilica status after a five-year restoration project sharpened its beauty and made it earthquake-safe.

This particular slice of the Mediterranean coastline has yet to lose its charm, and the smart restoration of long-standing ...

The San Xavier Mission is currently undergoing a restoration and preservation project on the Retablo Facade, which is the ...

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...

The exhibition examines a crucial decade in the career of this portraitist of the bourgeoisie, who combined artistic daring ...

Experts use sponges, seaweed, and science to conserve Maxo Vanka's historic murals at St. Nicholas Church, revealing lost ...

The fire that came close to destroying the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris started under the roof, in the ancient wooden attic, near the base of the spire.It began a little after 6 p.m. on April ...