conservation

November 4, 2018
The Arno Floods the City of Florence on November 4 1966.

April 17, 2017
Roman Mosaic Removal Roils French Locals News outlets are reporting outcry by the French citizens of Uzès over the removal and relocation of an ancient Roman mosaic to nearby Nimes for conservation.

January 13, 2017
Saint Mark’s Basilica Now Scaffoldless Saint Mark’s Basilica, one of Venice’s most prominent architectural and religious landmarks, can now boast a scaffold-free facade.

November 4, 2016
Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ Unveiled at Last in Florence Following years of restoration, Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper (1546) was unveiled to the public today, 4 November, in the old cenacolo of Santa Croce in Florence.

Vasari’s ‘Last Supper’ Unveiled at Last in Florence Following years of restoration, Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper (1546) was unveiled to the public today, 4 November, in the old cenacolo of Santa Croce in Florence.

May 24, 2016
Coming Soon: IAS/Kress Lecture Next Week The 2016 IAS/Kress Lecture will be held 1 June at Villa I Tatti , The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence.

April 16, 2016
Almost six years after it fell to the floor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andrea della Robbia’s Saint Michael the Archangel is back on view, temporarily installed at a low height to allow visitors to admire its technical mastery.

March 23, 2016
IAS/Kress Lecture The 2016 IAS/Kress Lecture will be held 1 June at Villa I Tatti , The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence.

December 8, 2015
The Mona Lisa is once again making headlines.

December 3, 2015
Martin Bailey reports in the Art Newspaper that infamous British art forger Shaun Greenhalgh has claimed authorship of a portrait thought by some to be by Leonardo da Vinci .

November 23, 2015
Secret pagan basilica in Rome emerges from the shadows after 2,000 years