Archaeologists in Sicily have discovered what they believe to be an ancient Roman mask mould depicting the iconic Medusa ... discovered the 2,000-year-old mould had most likely been converted ...

Art expert and host of the BBC One show Fake or Fortune Philip Mould shared the footage with his followers, revealing the careful removal of the protective varnish from the old painting ...

A painting bought at a garage sale in Minnesota is a previously unknown portrait by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, according to a newly published expert analysis. It was made by Van Gogh during ...

Often paintings have been restored several times, and sometimes cleaned so much that the paint layer has been affected, or the original has been painted over. “I have to correct old restorations, or ...

So it will be a jubilee year,” Bulckens said. As with so many centuries-old paintings, the biggest problems are old varnish and bad previous restorations. “This work was covered by a very ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in ...

In a fascinating revelation, an AI neural network has unearthed a long-debated truth about Raphael’s Madonna della Rosa, a painting historically attributed to this Italian Renaissance ... As AI ...