The restoration of Norfini's paintings of the Museum of the Risorgimento on display in Lucca

On the occasion of the great monographic that will inaugurate on December 20, The painter of the King. Luigi Norfini in Risorgimento Italy, promoted by the National Museums of Lucca and the Palazzo Galeotti Museum in Pescia to celebrate the bicentenary of the artist’s birth, the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Conservation Restoration Centre contributed to the project with the restoration of two ... Read more

Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, the 100th anniversary conference

On 1 December 2025, the conference dedicated to Pinin Brambilla Barcilon was held in the Aula Magna of the Centre, on the day on which he would have turned 100. A central figure in the history of restoration between the 20th and 21st centuries, Pinin Brambilla arrived at the Centre in a phase of full professional maturity, called to start and direct the ... Read more

The Center in Munich for Future Talk

The Centro Conservazione Restauro La Venaria Reale participated in the ninth edition of Future Talks 025, an international event dedicated to research projects on the conservation of modern and contemporary works. This year’s theme focused on an aspect directly linked to the evolution of human culture: Innovation through errors. Mistakes and failures are always... Read more

Presentation of the restoration of Franco Garelli’s work in Beinasco

The Municipality of Beinasco presented the citizens with the restoration of Forma Astratto (1965), one of the metallic masterpieces by Franco Garelli (1909 – 1973), painter, sculptor, ceramist and leading figure of twentieth-century Italian art. The recovery of the work, curated by the Restoration Conservation Centre ‘La Venaria Reale’, is part of a wider project of rediscovery ... Read more

In the Centre’s laboratories, the restoration of the windows of Palazzo Cisterna has begun

The restoration work on the windows of Palazzo Cisterna, funded by the Metropolitan City of Turin, is underway at the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Restoration Conservation Centre: eighty artifacts of extraordinary workmanship that tell a story of over a century and a half. These are window blinds, originally placed behind the palace windows. The first ... Read more

International Symposium on Archaeometry

From 18 to 22 May 2026 the 45th International Symposium on Archaeometry will be held, an event that will bring together scholars from all over the world to share research, methods and results that make science and heritage dialogue. From material analysis to conservation, all disciplines of archaeometry will be at the heart of the scientific sessions. ⁇ From the analysis of materials ... Read more

The Art of Decorating Fabrics: history and technique of trimmings

The study and conservation of ancient textile artefacts requires specific expertise in the recognition of trimmings, complex woven and interwoven decorative elements used to embellish garments, furnishings and historic cars. ⁇ 12 and 13 December 2025 ⁇ in attendance at the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Conservation Centre (Via XX Settembre, 18 – Venaria ... Read more

The Center in Piacenza for the international conference on tapestries in memory of Nello Forti Grazzini

In memory of Nello Forti Grazzini, one of the most authoritative tapestry scholars in the world, the international conference ‘From Tree tapestries to the European textile heritage between iconography and conservation’ organised by Pia Alberoni took place in Piacenza, at the Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano and the Galleria Alberoni.  The meeting offered an important moment of ... Read more

The JRC La Venaria Reale at the 20th edition of Restituzioni 2025

From 28 October 2025 to 18 January 2026, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome will host Restituzioni 2025, the twentieth edition of Intesa Sanpaolo's programme dedicated to safeguarding and enhancing Italy's artistic heritage, carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. This year the project involves 60 restoration laboratories and dozens of experts from ... Read more

The Last Supper of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Varallo

The painting with the Last Supper of Santa Maria delle Grazie returns to Varallo after a complex restoration carried out between 2024 and 2025 at the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Restoration Conservation Centre. The restoration, promoted by the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Biella, Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli, was financed with the contribution of the ... Read more