A private art collector's copy of "The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial" by Spanish painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was disfigured after a furniture restorer's efforts to clean the painting ...

Italy's floating city is slowly succumbing to the unrelenting wash of the Adriatic. One of Venice's landmarks, St. Mark's Basilica, is among the hardest-hit by the recent tidal surge – worshipers ...

Bringing an old painting back to life has long been a touchy affair - and one that's as much about interpretation as restoration. But increasingly, art conservators are turning to high tech tools to ...

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 ...

Over time, masterpieces of art can become faded and dull. But you would never know it thanks to art conservators like Julian Baumgartner. Following is a transcript of the video. Here's how old ...