The integrity of the historic site did not factor into US strategy, proven by the construction of an adjacent military base

The kidnapped statue has now been returned to the museum

Roberto Bilotti has restored an 18th-century palace and plans to open an “art chapel”

Institutions are powerless to prevent such abuses, says Walker Art Center deputy director Philippe Vergne

The Italian government is giving financial assistance in the 2,000 year-old site's repair, after it was badly affected by an earthquake

The artist’s Maison Tropicale is on show this month at Yale

Built without a single nail, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour will have to be taken apart in order to save it

12th-century temple at risk from encroaching tropical forests

Unesco sends out conflicting press releases

Unesco will convene an international meeting next month to discuss reconstruction

Estée Lauder makeover for Santa Cecilia

Catastrophe strikes as restorers use routine conservation method

Antonio Paolucci states he will halt the Uffizi’s planned restoration of the painting if he hears convincing arguments as to why it should not take place

Several works subject to restoration paid for by Estée Lauder

A $1.8 million project saves both paintings and the contemplative space designed by the artist himself

Nina Amaku's rendition of 'Il Cavalo' is relegated to the racetrack

British architect David Chipperfield has pacified both conservatives and progressives with his masterplan for the Museum Island which links the museums by underground tunnels

The conclusion of the twenty-year project to restore Leonardo’s famous fresco has made headlines around the world The Art Newspaper presents a selection of reactions from the newspapers

The Fitzwilliam acquires the missing half of its 'A rider on a rearing horse'

Bonsanti defends the twenty-year project that hoped to breathe life back into the wreck of one of Leonardo's masterworks

From Jacques Franck of the Armand Hammer Center

This study is based on a close look at conservation and restoration research, a scientific examination of the artist’s technique, and new documentary evidence

A twenty -year restoration project has removed many layers of overpainting

Long waiting times expected as the doors reopen to one of Da Vinci's masterworks

As chief restorer of Andorra and consultant to Unesco, Guillamet was invited to save these murals. Months later, as revolution brewed, the paintings were abandoned. Seventeen years later, and this remains the case

At a projected $50.7 million, theirs was not the cheapest plan proposed, but the fastest and technically the best

The Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican shows the master at his best

The crypt of the baroque Frauenkirche was reopened last month, with an altar by Anish Kapoor

£250,000 needed to restore the greatest English medieval altarpiece

Sainsbury money is helping restore the fifteenth-century, Venetian-style masterpiece shelled in 1991