Art
An Exhibition of Fractured and Mended Art
The conservation of artifacts already in museum care is highlighted more often than the repairs creators make to their own objects.
Conservation
Art
An Altarpiece in Guatemala Gets a New Life
ANTIGUA, Guatemala — The Cathedral of San Francisco in the colonial town of Antigua, Guatemala, was first built by the Spanish in the 16th century, but it’s as alive today as a center of worship as it ever was.
In Brief
The Great Wall of China Is Falling Apart
The Great Wall was once China's most fearsome defense.
In Brief
The Great Wall of China Is Falling Apart
The Great Wall was once China's most fearsome defense.
Art
From the Couches to the Conservation Labs, the Whitney Museum's New Building
They say you don't realize what you were missing until you get it. Well, New York City was missing a building for showing modern and contemporary art.
News
Newly Discovered Cézanne Sketches Go on Display at the Barnes Foundation
Two Cézanne sketches found by conservators at the Barnes Foundation earlier this year went on view at the collection in Philadelphia today.
Art
An Online Sanctuary for 30 Endangered Species
Designer Bryan James was inspired to create the online project "In Pieces" as a "reminder of the beauty we are on the verge of losing as every moment passes."
News
Museums Join Campaign to Preserve Land Art Opus
In 1972, the Land Art pioneer Michael Heizer began buying up tracts of land near Nevada's Garden and Coal valleys.
Art
Saving the Only Building Painter J.M.W. Turner Ever Completed
"Painting can never show her nose in company with architecture but to have it snubbed," J.M.W. Turner once said.
In Brief
Someone Broke King Tut's Mask and Glued It Back Together, Badly
What would you do if you accidentally broke one of the world's most valuable relics? Glue it back together? Quickly? Before anyone noticed?
News
Getty Foundation Announces New Grants to Conserve Modern Architecture
This week, the first awardees in the new Keeping It Modern grant initiative from the Getty Foundation were announced for 20th-century modernist architecture that requires long-term conservation planning.
News
Three Afghani Masterpieces Face Same Threats, Different Futures
Three architectural wonders from 12th century Afghanistan are currently in danger of collapse: the minaret of Jam in Ghur province and the two "Victory Towers" in Ghazni