Art restorers: Making the old new

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Published 2019-11-17

The painstaking work of art restoration is often done in a studio or a lab, removing decades of dulling dirt and dust, or repairing works that has been damaged, always with the aim of helping art – meant to stand the test of time – keep time at bay. Lee Cowan reports.

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All Comments (21)

@zubaidakablan6782 4 years ago

You did great job lady ,You are amazing .
@maureenkarkos9882 3 years ago

I would hope that my creations will be given at least an once of the care and respect that these artists are, and rightly so.
@MrPrentissDJones 4 years ago

I like this Segment
@wowflower 4 years ago

I lived in Boston for two years, just a 3 minute walk from the MFA. I saw these Rembrandts. I'm not entirely sure what's more impressive; the original detail or Macbeth's work!
@mindakahn9964 4 years ago

To do nothing is to let it degrade. To do as little as possible is the art.
@mlfeathers7527 4 years ago

I love what they’re doing.
@melindamullins9649 4 years ago

Great segment 🎨
@adolfojuarez8191 4 years ago

I love art
@canovwrms2684 4 years ago

Enjoyed. Thank you.
@Kurosawa3 4 years ago

Entire show Sunday was on point: le Carre, David Sibley, art restoration, Rener Powell.
@mbbuckeyes8386 4 years ago

You need to do a piece on Baumgartner Restoration out of Chicago IL. He is a genius and a top flight art restorer.
@jamesbondlegal2g564 4 years ago

GREAT ART 🖼👀
@CallieMasters5000 4 years ago

Rest assured: nobody in Venice keeps anything on the ground floor that can be damaged. They flood every year and are used to it. It's just worse than usual right now.
@aashikhaniffa6482 4 years ago

All I see is Scarlett Johansson at 2:28
@candicesacks2211 4 years ago

They said it would eventually would go under water!! Very scary!
@gardensofthegods 4 years ago

Those beautiful buildings are Treasures... and they won't be able to save them . ..very tragic .
@CashisKingtrucking 4 years ago

It looks to me they're just smearing spit all over priceless paintings
@zubaidakablan6782 4 years ago

I like to traveling for visa soon.
@notbad7490 3 years ago

Some art is what Rap is to music. I mean could easily spend a day in my studio and create art like the crap that sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars lol.
@eatpigsnot 4 years ago

i guess Gabriel Allon was too busy to be interviewed