New Life for Massacre at Chios

At the Louvre and other major museums, monographic exhibitions are often an opportunity to restore various paintings, as with Leonardo da Vinci's. But the museum also carries out restoration work independently of events. These campaigns are planned well in advance, preceded by in-depth studies and lengthy discussions between curators and restorers. As we learn from Sébastien Allard, director of the Paintings Department, there are two types of situation: "emergencies", when fragile works need rapid attention, and works that are in good condition but require…