Art restoration involves a cleansing, repairing, or even reconstruction of art function. Normally art restoration involves removing residue from either sculptures or paintings. Art restoration might every now and again exist as controversial due to fears that the restoration would damage the piece, or even even on the evidence that damage or residue forms part of the history of the given piece & should non exist as modified. A statue of David recently underwent restoration, to remove dirt that experienced accumulated on the statues surface.

Within North America, only quatern colleges/universities offer the major around art conservation: A University of Delaware (in association by having Winterthur Museum) Buffalo State College, New York Queen's University, Ontario New York University

Additionally, a Getty Museum, in combination by owning UCLA is starting a program around Archeological Conservation, which is Art Conservation.

A opposite of art restoration is art destruction.