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RESTAURO 2026 in Ferrara: innovation, construction sites and new challenges for preservation

RESTAURO 2026 in Ferrara: innovation, construction sites and new challenges for preservation

From May 12 to 14, 2026, Ferrara returns to be a reference point for the sector of conservation and protection of cultural heritage with the 31st edition of RESTAURO - International Exhibition of Cultural and Environmental Heritage. The event, hosted...
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The Angel-Melons of Rome: all the funniest memes

The Angel-Melons of Rome: all the funniest memes

The case of the restoration of the wall dedicated to Umberto II in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome, where one of the angels flanking the bust of the "King of May" has taken on somatic features strikingly similar to those of Prime Minist...
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Restoration of Colantonio's St. Francis ends: panel returns to Capodimonte Museum

Restoration of Colantonio's St. Francis ends: panel returns to Capodimonte Museum

The return after restoration of Colantonio's Saint Francis Delivering the Rule to the Franciscan Orders, datable to between 1444 and 1450, marks the symbolic start of the initiatives that the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco dedicates in 2026 to the...
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TEFAF sets its sights on Rubens: funded restoration of Boar Hunt

TEFAF sets its sights on Rubens: funded restoration of Boar Hunt

The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has announced that the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Gallery) in Dresden will be the recipient of the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (TMRF) 2026, awarded in Maastricht. Established in 2012, the ...
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Antwerp, Phoebus Foundation is recovering a portrait of Cosimo III de' Medici by Suttermans

Antwerp, Phoebus Foundation is recovering a portrait of Cosimo III de' Medici by Suttermans

Halfway through her fellowship at The Phoebus Foundation, Brazilian restorer Aline Assumpção is working on the Portrait of Cosimo III de' Medici as a Child, a work by Flemish painter Justus Suttermans, also known in Italy by the Italian...
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Restorers "by experience": new law causes debate and puts Italian excellence at risk

Restorers "by experience": new law causes debate and puts Italian excellence at risk

A new front of confrontation has opened up in the delicate sector of the protection of Italy's artistic heritage, following the presentation of an amendment to the Cultural Heritage Code, which was approved and became law last Dec. 2 (it will come in...
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Madonna del Latte by the Master of the Rinuccini Chapel restored

Madonna del Latte by the Master of the Rinuccini Chapel restored

The fresco Madonna del Latte with Child between Saints John the Baptist and Bartholomew is back on view in the Florentine church of Sant'Ambrogio after a restoration supported by Friends of Florence and carried out by Cristina Napolitano under the Hi...
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Canova's Colossal Horse comes back to life after more than 50 years in storage

Canova's Colossal Horse comes back to life after more than 50 years in storage

The Colossal Horse by Antonio Canova (Possano, 1757 - Venice, 1822), one of the most representative works in Bassano's collections, finally returns to show itself in its entirety after more than 50 years spent in storage at the Civic Museums of Bassa...
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