Digital Exhibition · I'Arte Rinasce
The
Restoration
Rooms
Twenty-eight objects. Five centuries of making. One act of repair at a time. A digital journey through the conservation process — before, during and after.
About This Exhibition
Every object carries a story.
We help preserve it.
The Restoration Rooms is a digital exhibition dedicated entirely to the art of conservation. Twenty-eight works — paintings, sculpture, works on paper, textiles and decorative arts — are presented here not as finished objects, but as journeys. Each slider reveals the transformation; each treatment record documents the decisions made in the studio.
This exhibition is organised into five rooms by treatment type. Move through each room at your own pace. Drag the slider to reveal before and after. Click any work for the full conservation record.
Room I · Structural Consolidation · Relining · Inpainting
Canvas & Panel Painting
Six works on canvas and panel, each presenting distinct challenges of structural instability, varnish degradation and paint loss. The treatments here reveal the full range of painting conservation — from emergency stabilisation to meticulous tonal reintegration.
No. 01 · 20th Century
Oil on Canvas
K.H.Ara
Structural consolidation, cleaning, inpainting.
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No. 02 · 20th Century
Oil on Canvas
A Seated Figure
Panel stabilisation, crack consolidation and selective varnish removal, 2024.
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No. 03 · 20th Century
Oil on Canvas
Akbar Padamsee
Consolidation of flaking tempera and reconstruction of missing gilded border, 2023.
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No. 04 · 20th Century
Oil on Canvas
Jatin Das
Varnish removal and colour restoration after 68 years of ageing.
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No. 05 · 20th Century
Oil on Canvas
Ramkinkar Baij
Varnish removal, crack stabilisation and tonal reintegration, 2023.
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No. 06 · 1874
Oil on Canvas
Horace Van Ruith
Varnish removal, surface cleaning and colour restoration, 19th century.
Full Treatment Record :Room II · Deacidification · Washing · Tear Repair
Works on Paper
Paper is among the most vulnerable of all artistic supports. These five works — watercolour, ink, engraving and chalk — required careful aqueous treatment, deacidification and the delicate repair of tears and losses using Japanese tissue.
No. 07 · 19th Century
Gouache on Paper
K.H.Ara
Consolidation, surface cleaning and inpainting of extensive paint loss.
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No. 08 · 19th Century
Ink on Paper
Unknown
Washing, deacidification and surface cleaning to remove foxing and staining.
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No. 09 · 19th Century
Watercolour on Paper
Sunil Das
Surface cleaning, paper stabilisation and restoration of water-damaged areas.
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No. 10 · 19th Century
Charcoal on Paper
Bikash
Surface cleaning, foxing treatment and paper stabilisation.
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No. 11 · 19th Century
Watercolour on Paper
K.H.Ara
Structural consolidation, tear repair and surface restoration of a monumental work.
Full Treatment Record :Room III · Structural Repair · Corrosion Treatment · Surface Consolidation
Fresco & Sculptures
From ancient bronze to polychrome wood, these six objects demanded treatments as varied as their materials — anoxic pest control, bronze disease treatment, and the careful reconstruction of lost gilded and enamelled surfaces.
No. 12 · 20th Century
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture
Patina stabilisation, surface cleaning and bronze disease treatment, 2024.
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No. 13 · c. 16th Century
Fresco
Tuscan Villa Fresco
Structural consolidation and surface cleaning of a 16th-century prayer chamber fresco, 2023.
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No. 14 · c. 16th Century
Fresco
Tuscan Fresco
Consolidation and surface cleaning of a 16th-century ceiling fresco, 2024.
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No. 15 · c. 20th Century
Bronze
K S Radhakrishnan
Active bronze disease treatment and surface stabilisation, 2024.
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No. 16 · c. 20th Century
Bronze
Himmat Shah
Removal of old restoration, structural repair and surface reintegration, 2023.
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No. 17 · c. 20th Century
Bronze
K S Radhakrishnan
Corrosion removal, enamel consolidation and gilt surface stabilisation, 2024.
Full Treatment Record :Conservation Services
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