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The World of Music Video Is Finally Adopting Restoration Efforts

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop May 30, 2022May 29, 2022

As videos shot on film get refurbished for the digital age, we’re discovering more and more fascinating artifacts in the original materials.

Posted inNews

“Discovery of a Lifetime”: Rare Tudor Paintings From Elizabeth I’s Reign Found Hidden in Medieval Manor

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia November 22, 2021November 23, 2021

Restorers at Calverley Old Hall in Yorkshire, England are calling the discovery “a time machine to the age of the Reformation.”

Posted inFilm

Lose Yourself in These Arts & Crafts Reality Shows

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

From competitive glass blowing to professional LEGO building, stream these creative programs.

Posted inOpinion

A Botched Restoration of a Baroque Painting Should Inspire Collectors Not to Cut Corners

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

The unfortunate restoration of a Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting has prompted the conservation community to call for stricter regulation.

Posted inNews

A Long-Lost de Kooning Is Being Restored, But Will Always Bear the Scars of Its Theft

Avatar photo by Ellie Duke December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Willem de Kooning’s “Woman–Ochre” was missing for over 30 years. Now recovered, it shows signs of mishandling and amateur restoration that are difficult to fix.

Posted inIn Brief

The New York Public Library’s Iconic Lions Are Taking a Cat Nap

by Hakim Bishara August 12, 2019

Patience and Fortitude, the 108-year-old lions that have guarded the Library’s Main Branch since 1911, will be covered for cleanup and repair beginning September 2.

Posted inNews

Restoring a 1920s Theater to Revitalize Flint’s Downtown

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 10, 2017February 9, 2017

Closed for almost two decades, the historic Capitol Theatre in Flint, Michigan, is being restored and reopened as a cultural hub.

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Saved by Shakespeare’s Father, a Series of Medieval Murals Is Finally Restored

by Claire Voon December 14, 2016December 15, 2016

A group of wall paintings in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Guild Chapel should have been destroyed in 1563, but John Shakespeare had them covered in limewash instead, preserving them for centuries.

Posted inArt

The Risky Business of Restoring Leonardos

by Wilson Tarbox December 12, 2016December 13, 2016

After a previous Leonardo restoration project at the Louvre resulted in multiple staff resignations, the recent cleanup of “Saint John the Baptist” took place under intense scrutiny.

Posted inNews

World’s Oldest Continuously Operating Library Begins a New Chapter

by Claire Voon October 24, 2016October 24, 2016

Established in 859 CE, Morocco’s al-Qarawiyyin Library will soon reopen to the public with architectural details for the 21st century.

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A Luminous NYPL Reading Room Reopens After a Two-Year Restoration

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 5, 2016March 14, 2017

The central space of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building had been closed for repairs after one of the plaster rosettes on its ceiling plummeted to the ground in May 2014.

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Restoring Alexander Pope’s Glinting Grotto to Its Former Glory

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 25, 2016August 25, 2016

Nothing remains of Alexander Pope’s 18th-century villa except its grotto, which has experienced three centuries of quiet decay alongside the River Thames in Twickenham, England.

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