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MFA Boston to Allow Visitors to Watch Live Conservation of Dutch Painting
Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy’s 17th-century group portrait of an Amsterdam wine guild will be the star of a pop-up restoration studio that museumgoers can peer into.
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Mamdani's Five Ballot Questions Pass, But Arts Groups Remain Skeptical
Concerns over landmark sites and lack of public input have dampened trust in Proposal 3, in particular.
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Free Clinic Teaches Angelenos How to Repair Damaged Art
Community members brought not just paintings and sculptures, but silverware, family photos, children’s books, jewelry, and even beloved scarves and jackets.
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Van Gogh's “Irises” Were Never Supposed to Be Blue
A new exhibition chronicles how a paintings conservator and chemist solved a color mystery in one of the painter’s most beloved works.
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At the Getty, Adam and Eve Come Back to Life
After a three-year-long restoration project, Lucas the Elder’s iconic 16th-century panels are back on view at the Los Angeles museum.
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Archaeologists Slam Giza Pyramid Restoration Project
A recently launched initiative will cover one of the ancient structures with granite.
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“Lip Fillers” Removed From 17th-Century Countess Portrait
Conservators found that a portrait of aristocrat Diana Cecil had been modified to have larger lips and a smaller forehead long after the original was completed.
Books
In Art Conservation, There Is No Perfect Solution
Conservator Rosa Lowinger reflects on her time working at LACMA in the 1980s in an excerpt from her new memoir, Dwell Time.
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Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Found in English Palace Storeroom
"Susanna and the Elders" (c. 1638–39) had been misattributed and stowed away in rough condition at the Hampton Court Palace in Surrey.
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Harmful Pesticides in Museum Collections Complicate Repatriation Efforts
Tribes and museums are grappling with the dilemma of sacred Indigenous objects and remains contaminated by toxic pesticides and preservatives.
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Concerns Over Proposed Nine Mile Canyon Road Expansion
Increased oil tanker truck traffic would "seriously degrade" the experience of viewing the canyon's Indigenous rock art, said one advocate of the site.
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Energy Interests in Utah Threaten “World’s Longest Art Gallery”
Since the discovery of natural gas reserves near Nine Mile Canyon two decades ago, conservationists have found themselves at odds with regional energy companies.