For aspiring painters of the 15th century, the Italian peninsula was the place to be, its city-states offering generous patronage and the chance to encounter the work of masters past and present. This ...

A painting taller than an adult giraffe is undergoing restoration at a museum in Belgium, requiring yoga-like contortions ...

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 ...

Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens undergo restoration at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Belgium. By A.J. Goldmann Reporting from Antwerp, Belgium In autumn 2022, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in ...

France’s last Bourbon king, the would-be absolute monarch Charles X, was overthrown in a sudden uprising during an 1830 Parisian heat wave. Also known as the Three Glorious Days, the July Revolution ...

Now, when you think of Spain, you will think of bad art restorations. Spain has found itself in the center of yet another story about an amateur art restorer being hired to clean up a priceless piece ...