Conserving and restoring art can be pretty tricky. Thankfully, scientists have been learning how to restore artwork in some pretty cool ways that are effective, safe, and a little weird, to be honest.

Art tells the story of humanity across societies and cultures, but keeping that art around for future generations can be a monumental task. In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn how art historians preserve, restore,...

Restoration starts with a thorough chemical analysis, an x-ray and even cat-scans to understand the make-up of each piece and the possible effects of different cleaning methods.

Dive into Harvard's Forbes Pigment Collection to discover the origins and uses of some of the world's most unique and hazardous pigments.

It is impossible to know for sure who is depicted in Goya's Black Paintings, but there is evidence to suggest that the man in Two Old Men is Goya himself. Goya was a great admirer of the painter Diego Velázquez and this painting...

Six months after a devastating fire tore through Toronto’s St. Anne's Church, some of the art has been recovered and is in the process of being restored. CBC’s Talia Ricci visited Toronto Art Restoration to learn more.