When viewing paintings, people usually focus on what they can see. But often, the stories behind the painting — from how it was made to how it got to a museum — are just as interesting. “On the Same ...

On Friday, October 25, the Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State University will be hosting a Fall Open House that will give visitors an inside look into the fascinating world of ...

When second-year WUDPAC Fellow Taryn Nurse, a painting major, began work on an 1866 portrait by 19th-century English artist Simeon Solomon, she had no idea it would turn into a detective story. The ...

A restorer works in the restoration studio of the Doerner Institut. Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images Art doesn’t come with warranties, and state consumer protection statutes ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The famous lions that flank the front steps of the Art Institute of Chicago will be coming down for a short time for maintenance. On Tuesday, June 14, the bronze lions will be removed ...

Nestled on the top floor of the Harvard Art Museums, a panoramic view of the Cambridge skyline envelops the Paintings Lab of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, filling the room ...

Picture a work of art. Now imagine it covered in sap, spider webs, bird poop — even graffiti. That’s the reality for hundreds of outdoor pieces across Cambridge, which has the largest public art ...

This weekend, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate the opening of its new, state-of-the-art conservation center. Visitors will be able to tour the center and speak directly with conservators ...

The masterpieces on display inside art museums are not static. They are organic. In microscopic ways, they expand and contract. They are susceptible to damage from light, humidity and time. Their ...

William Donnelly grew up in Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor’s in fine art degree, with a concentration in sculpture, from the University of Delaware and an MA in Preventive Conservation from ...

Before conservation (Frans Schwartz (1850-1917), Annunciation, 1899, etching, 8 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 2014.) (Photo courtesy of Christina Thomas) After ...