Conservation
British team to conserve Ethiopia’s oldest wall paintings
Murals in remote cave church date to 12th century
Le Corbusier’s freshly-restored Paris shelter to open to the public
Residents will give tours of the Salvation Army’s Cité de Refuge
Budget for €19m revamp of Art Deco theatre in Paris does not include interior work
Around €2m needed to restore murals by Bonnard and Vuillard
Sea change in Turkey’s attitude towards its Byzantine heritage
Opening of two specialist study centres—a first for the country—begins era of Greek-Turkish collaboration
Flip the switch: Lacma’s Urban Light to go dark
The popular public installation is due to be turned off temporarily—but will soon shine again with a new paint job
Project to preserve Venice’s Jewish heritage, 500 years after the first ghetto was created
The €8.5m campaign is backed by the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenburg among others
World-class fresco studio saved from commercial merger
Russia’s culture ministry decides against creating giant restoration firm after protest by family of the late Vladimir Sarabyanov, the country’s “Da Vinci”
St Michael the Archangel takes flight
A 19th-century statue from Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy was airlifted from its perch above the island abbey to be restored
Moscow’s ‘Soviet Versailles’ to be restored to its former glory
But the project includes a controversial history exhibition that tries to rehabilitate Stalin’s image
Van Gogh’s sunflowers may be restored to their original bloom
Star attraction of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has suffered from pigment deterioration and addition of later varnish
A heritage site far, far away: Star Wars film puts Irish island monastery in the spotlight
Local businesses want to extend access to island Skellig Michael to accommodate eager fans, but preservationists fear that crowds will threaten the medieval ruins and sea bird colonies
Tiffany opulence returns to Park Avenue Armory
Veterans Room, a jewel of the eclectic 19th-century American Aesthetic movement, reopens after $8.3m Herzog & de Meuron-led restoration
Major restoration projects mark 50th anniversary of Venice and Florence floods
Save Venice and Friends of Florence are collaborating on the conservation of paintings and drawings in the two Italian cities
Berlin’s ‘cheapest new acquisitions’ are actually old favourites
Restorers at Alte Nationalgalerie put right “decades of neglect” to reveal new depths of Caspar David Friedrich’s famous duo
Mummy dearest, I need to make another teeny alteration…
Career success led Karnak priest to replace old titles with better ones on his coffin-in-waiting
Restoration gives British Museum’s Amitabha Buddha a reason to smile
Bank of America sponsored the monumental statue’s first full conservation in 25 years
Twelfth-century Virgin shows her true colours
Rare Russian icon originally written off as a “ruin” has finally been restored
Pimp my coffin: Ancient Egyptian priest changed sarcophagus as his career progressed
Research for Fitzwilliam Museum's new show reveals that in antiquity funerary arrangements were made well in advance
Cabaret Voltaire, birthplace of Dada, could be yours for $13m
Zurich theatre where the movement was founded 100 years ago is facing an uncertain future
Putin dresses-down culture department over state of monuments
Chief cultural adviser leaves post shortly after Russian president takes aim at his art and culture council and praises efforts of heritage activists
Cheikhmous Ali: the Syrian archaeologist who doesn’t take sides
As the fifth anniversary of the Syrian civil war approaches, he continues to document the destruction and looting of the country’s heritage from France and Turkey, with the help of a network of volunteers on the ground
Turner’s house to be restored—but only if crowdfunding cash comes in
Artist designed and built the 203-year-old villa in Twickenham as a retreat from London art world
First church found on slave-trade island
Portuguese structure in Cabo Verde is oldest European building in the tropics
