Scans of the painting during various stages in its restoration. At left is the damaged piece, with the middle panel showing a map of the different kinds of damage present; green lines show full splits ...

Over decades and centuries, a painting will be altered by light exposure, air quality, temperature fluctuations and chemical reactions in the paint layers. These factors can cause cracks, ...

Artificial intelligence has to date been enlisted as a bogeyman in cultural circles: Software will take the jobs of writers and translators, and AI-generated images ring the death toll for ...