Emily Sharpe

MFA Boston to bring experts together with $24m overhaul of conservation centre

New facilities will encourage a cross-departmental approach

Artist creates 'guinea pig' work for researchers to experiment on

Project explores long-term preservation issues of 3D-printed works

Spot the horse: imaging technology reveals hidden secrets of Dutch Golden Age paintings

New algorithm, developed by scientists at the National Gallery of Art, precisely aligns layered images to reveal compositional differences

US exhibition shines light on Qur’ans as collector's objects

Sackler Gallery explores the movement of these religious texts in major loan show

How the artist Robert Rauschenberg got his goat

Swedish conservators allow Monogram to travel to London, New York and San Francisco for a major traveling survey

Dig deep to put the finishing touch to Vasari’s spectacular ceiling

Charities and the Italian government need help to buy the final panel of a renowned Venetian painting

Three to see: London

From Rodin’s twirling dancers to Mapplethorpe’s still-lifes

Sydney Opera House roof gets special soundcheck

Getty grant helps to modernise tap-test of city’s tile-clad landmark

Prada boss says private firms must chip in to restore Italian heritage damaged in quakes

Patrizio Bertelli made the plea at the unveiling of Vasari's Last Supper, which is back on display 50 years after it was damaged in the Florence flood of 1966

Modern-day Monuments Men wanted by the British Army

UK military draws up plans for specialist unit to protect cultural heritage in war zones

Three to see: Vienna

See Francis Alÿs’s dreamy paintings and Dürer’s apocalyptic nightmare during Vienna Art Week<br>

Vasari’s Last Supper back on display 50 years after Florence Flood

Panel painting was submerged in polluted water for 12 hours when the Arno burst its banks in 1966

50th anniversary of the Florence Flood: Memories from a drowned world

An oral history project on the 1966 disaster captures conservators’ stories of weeping officials and guards unknowingly treading on an Old Master

Rodin’s working methods revealed as his dancers give up their secrets

Scrutiny of clay figures and plaster casts shows how artist reused limbs and torsos

Rauschenberg goat is given a rare outing

Stuffed mammal is certain to be a highlight of Tate Modern’s survey of the late US artist’s work in December

Restorers use Japanese algae and sturgeon glue to treat Futurist work

Giacomo Balla's Automobile Speed + Light + Noise to go back on view in Zurich

Fairsnews

Tefaf makes New York debut

The grand dame of art fairs takes over the whole Armory building

Three to see: London

From Chaimowicz’s dark disco delights to the long shadow of influence cast by Caravaggio <br>

Fluorescent rabbits, slime mould and bacteria: artists get biological

Bio artists were hard at work in labs long before Philippe Parreno installed a bioreactor in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Concrete-encased Cadillac stops traffic in Chicago

Restored Fluxus work launches city-wide celebration of public art

Croatian heritage has a friend in Britain

Over the past 25 years, the International Trust for Croatian Monuments has raised more than £500,000 to repair the ravages of war

Three to see: beyond London

Do time in Oscar Wilde’s Reading jail, self-reflect with Maria Lassnig in Liverpool before seeing the light in Cambridge with illuminated manuscripts <br> <br>

Researchers burst Moholy-Nagy’s bubbles at the Guggenheim

Conservators and plastics experts worked together to examine the warps and flaws in the artist's Plexiglas experiments

Curtain rises on Buddha restoration

Visitors to Boston will see conservators at work

All aboard the Mary Rose: Henry VIII’s fully restored warship opens to the public

Visitors will be able to see the Tudor king's favourite vessel up close as protective barriers come down

Wake-up call: climate change is serious threat to our heritage

As the Unesco World Heritage Committee convenes in Istanbul, a recent report by the organisation highlights sites under threat from global warming<br>