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Comment | Works of art are living things—so should we let them die?

The cost—financially and environmentally—of preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look after them

John-Paul Stonard
20 March 2025
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Keeping art alive: a young visitor mimics the pose of a seventh- to tenth-century Tang Dynasty tomb figure at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich

Photo: Kate Wolstenholme