Work has been completed on the restoration of the monumental canopy of the Soluntine basilica of Sant'Anna in Santa Flavia, in the province of Palermo. The artifact, an imposing wooden structure built at the end of the 18th century, was the subject o...
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TheJapanese armor kept at the Pietro Canonica Museum in Villa Borghese, Rome, is once again on public view in its entirety. The work, which can be dated between the last quarter of the 17th century and the mid-19th century, is back on display after a...
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After a long and delicate conservation operation, Beato Angelico 's Crucifixion is finally back on view in the Convent of San Domenico in Fiesole (Florence). The work, of extraordinary artistic and spiritual importance, underwent a maintenance restor...
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Restoration work has begun at the Royal Palace of Caserta on the Temple of Diruto and the House of Swans, two symbolic architectures of the Vanvitellian complex's English Garden. The project, overseen by the Autonomous Museum Directorate of the Minis...
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Operations to monitor the state of conservation of the three famous Caravaggio canvases in the Contarelli Chapel inside the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome have begun. TheCentral Institute for Restoration (ICR) in Rome announced this today t...
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Good news for conservators: the Getty, New York University (NYU), and The University of Akron (UA) today announced the development of a new , safer and more sustainable formulation of an adhesive substance used by conservators worldwide for the struc...
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Serendipity, the British would say. It is the word they use to refer to those totally unexpected discoveries, exceeding expectations, that come when you were looking for something else. It is more than a fortuitous finding: it is a surprising outcome...
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In the heart of Venice, under the daily eyes of thousands of passersby and tourists, a forgotten fragment of history and art was hiding. Now, thanks to a careful and shared intervention, that fragment has returned to light. In fact, during restoratio...
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