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Through August 23, 2026, visitors to the St. Annen Museum in Lübeck can watch conservators at work—and see firsthand how works of art are being restored to their former glory, piece by piece. Photo: St. Annen Museum

The Altarpiece of Mary Magdalene: Restoration and Reunification

“Boboli 2030”: A project to preserve one of Europe’s most famous gardens for the future—in harmony with history and nature. Photo: © Gallerie degli Uffizi

A garden that is both a powerful symbol and a vision of the future

Masonry restoration work was carried out at the Protestant town church in Schönau in the Odenwald. Photo: Dengel-Bau.

Masonry Restoration at the Schönau City Church

The Estufa Grande in the Coimbra Botanical Garden, opened in 1865 based on plans by Pierre-Joseph Pézerat, is one of the oldest examples of modern cast-iron architecture in Portugal. Photo: Kautz&Kautz

Gardens as a Reflection of Cultural Change

Stowe Garden is much more than a landscaped garden—it is a manifesto of political, philosophical, and aesthetic worldviews. Photo: Daderot CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

A Garden as a Manifesto

Preserving existing buildings is an important contribution to climate protection, as it conserves the “gray energy” embodied in the building stock and avoids the energy-intensive production of new building materials. Photo: Kyrios Kyriakos on Pixabay

What is “gray energy”?

“The Phoenix” From the Aberdeen Bestiary, late 12th century. Illuminated manuscript on parchment. The phoenix rises from its nest of flames—one of the earliest and most striking depictions of the symbol of resurrection in medieval book art. University Collection, University of Aberdeen. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Phoenix in Art

“Vanitas Still Life” by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1671. Oil on wood. Three objects, one message: a tulip, a skull, and an hourglass distill Baroque vanitas symbolism down to its purest form. Kunsthalle Bremen. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Hourglass as a Symbol

The poster for the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes uses geometric shapes, clean lines, and decorative elegance to illustrate the aesthetic ideals of early Art Deco and marks the style’s international breakthrough. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Art Deco in Art: Between Elegance, Modernity, and Staging

“Allegory of Hope” by Kazimierz Wojniakowski, c. 1800. Oil on canvas. The female personification of Spes holds an anchor—since antiquity, the unmistakable symbol of hope in the European visual tradition. Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Anchor in Art

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