Art restoration: The kind of art that, if done well, doesn’t draw attention to itself. When art restoration is in the news, ...

Sneak a peek at how a masterpiece is restored twice a week in April at the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park. Museum attendees may observe from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays and from ...

After an intensive restoration, a portrait of John Churchill, the first duke of Marlborough, will go on public display for ...

In the painting “Dancer With Bouquets,” the ballerina is frozen in a final bow in what appears to be a cloudy purple tutu, possibly dark-red flowers at her feet. There are several mysteries ...

The artist Edwin Brewer was best known for his landscapes and still lifes painted in watercolor or oils. Art was a family pursuit: He and and his twin brother, Adrian, who were born Jan. 9, 1927, in ...

The Spanish woman whose failed restoration of a century-old painting of Jesus Christ captured global headlines more than a decade ago has died at 94. Cecilia Gimenez rose to international fame in 2012 ...

ANTWERP, Belgium — When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist ...

A Spanish woman who became famous after she botched a restoration of a fresco painting of Jesus Christ has died. Cecilia Gimenez, 94, made headlines in 2012 after she tried to restore the famous 'Ecce ...

FLORENCE, Italy — Four years ago, a Florentine restorer happened upon a painting fragment peeking out of an envelope stored in a depository at the city’s famed museum, the Uffizi Gallery. It depicted ...