Tag: Restored
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Calder Sculpture in Senate Office Building to Be Restored a Decade After Dismantling
A partially dismantled sculpture by Alexander Calder in Washington, D.C. is, at long last, in the process of being restored, according to Roll Call, a publication that focuses on Capitol Hill-based news. The sculpture in question, Mountains and Clouds, fills the 90-foot-high, skylit atrium of the Hill’s Hart Senate Office Building, which was constructed in read more
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Empress Eugénie’s Crown to be Restored After Louvre Heist, Rembrandt Drawing Breaks Auction Record: Morning Links for February 5, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. THE HEADLINES FALLEN CROWN. For the first time since the brazen theft of French crown jewels, the Louvre has publicly shared images of Empress Eugénie’s crown, which was badly crushed by thieves who tried but failed to make off with it. Investigators determined that the read more
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Empress Eugénie’s Damaged Crown to Be Restored After Louvre Heist
When thieves broke into Paris’s Louvre on October 19 last year, they ran off with an estimated $102 million in jewels. In their scramble to escape, however, they left behind what may have been at the top of their loot list: the crown of Empress Eugénie. Dropped and badly damaged during the heist, the diamond- read more
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Does This Restored Roman Fresco Depict Italy’s Prime Minister?
News The recent restoration, which bears an uncanny resemblance to far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, is currently under investigation. A fresco of an angel in the Lucina Basilica in Rome, Italy, allegedly resembles Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. (left: photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images; right: photo by Marco Iacobucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Italian read more
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