Scientists warn 90 percent of the world’s corals reefs will disappear from Earth by 2043 due to climate change and human interference, but a new and innovated method could save them from extinction. Researchers, working with the cat food company Sheba, are using ‘Reef Stars’ to recover 45 acres of coral in Indonesia’s Spermonde Archipelago … Read more
Big Ben will not chime again until 2022 as the restoration of Parliament’s Elizabeth Tower has been further delayed by the coronavirus crisis. The refurbishment of the Westminster landmark, which began in 2017 and has already spiralled to at least £80 million, was originally expected to be finished this year but was delayed when the … Read more
A repaired sculpture has been ridiculed as ‘cartoon-like’ in the latest case of a Spanish art restoration gone wrong. The statue was recently unveiled in Palencia city centre in Spain’s northern Castile and Leon region and almost immediately drew comparisons with the botched Ecce Homo fresco that was infamously touched up by a cleaning lady eight … Read more
A repaired sculpture has been ridiculed as ‘cartoon-like’ in the latest case of a Spanish art restoration gone wrong. The statue was recently unveiled in Palencia city centre in Spain’s northern Castile and Leon region and almost immediately drew comparisons with the botched Ecce Homo fresco that was infamously touched up by a cleaning lady eight … Read more
Scientists prove the Lamb of God restoration is correct: Van Eyck brothers’ 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece originally had human-like features, study finds Lamb originally had pursed lips, higher nostrils and a forward-facing stare Found three versions: original, one with larger body and a 16th-century guise The 16th-century version was changed significantly and the artwork has now reverted to … Read more
A once derelict Victorian mansion which was once the site of a horrific murder has been put up for sale for £3.25m after a restoration project spanning up to ten years. Oakleigh had been left to rot after it became infamous as the luxury home of a top lawyer who stabbed his wife to death … Read more
An art collector in Spain was shocked after the face of the Virgin Mary in a copy of a 17th centuy painting they paid to have restored was left unrecognisable – despite two attempts to fix it. The private collector, in Valencia, is said to have paid a furniture restorer 1,200 euros (£1,080) to carry … Read more
An art collector in Spain was shocked after the face of the Virgin Mary in a copy of a 17th centuy painting they paid to have restored was left unrecognisable – despite two attempts to fix it. The private collector, in Valencia, is said to have paid a furniture restorer 1,200 euros (£1,080) to carry … Read more