Ofelia Marquez Stephens recently worked on some coffins. She filled in cracks, resewed fabric and reapplied a missing piece for her job as an art restorer. Stephens has been working as an art restorer ...

Art can have incredible power over us. Just ask the millions of people who crowd the Louvre for a glimpse at the Mona Lisa or wander through the Vatican to look up at the ornately painted ceiling of ...

A new method can physically restore original paintings using digitally constructed films. Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have identified areas ...

Masterpieces like The Mona Lisa or The Coronation of Napoleon are admired by tens of thousands of visitors to the Louvre each day. Yet, deep within the Paris museum’s vaults lie thousands more works ...

In spotless laboratories, well locked and hidden away in the basements of the world’s great museums, hundreds of men in white smocks are working feverishly, day in and day out, at “restoring” art ...

Artworks deteriorate over time, so restoration is necessary to preserve them for future generations. However, there have been many cases of failed restorations of artworks, leading to complaints that ...

Join us on a captivating journey as we breathe new life into a forgotten relic in "Antique Axe Restoration | Rusty Axe ...

In Florence, skilled restorers, with help from technology, lay bare the secret pasts of masterworks. By Laura Rysman FLORENCE, Italy — Art is a gamble at longevity beyond the artist’s earthly years — ...