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HIGHLIGHTS
“The scientist and the forger workshop”: we need a shared protocol to identify fakes
On 2 and 3 December 2021, as a result of an excellent initiative of the Italian Group of the International Institute for Conservation, the workshop “The scientist and the forgery – Scientific methodologies to identify fakes in art” was held in Lucca.It is becoming increasingly clear that there is the need to tackle this issue […]
Man or Woman?
A painting by the genius Leonardo da Vinci unexpectedly provides us with an interesting reflection on the notion of “gender identity”, never as much debated as in recent times. What distinguishes and separates being a woman from being a man? Where is the borderline? We premise that the panel with the Head of Christ now […]
OPINIONS
When do you need an InfraRed reflectography?
The emotion one feels when analysing a painting with infrared reflectography and discovering the preparatory drawing is terrificEach time it is a unique experience, discovering a secret kept under the layers of painting, a moment that the artist never thought would be revealed.This is not needed only when the painting … is not finished! Only […]
Who decides if it is a Caravaggio?
Tomorrow is Caravaggio’s 450th birthday. There will not be celebrations, except for something almost improvised. Nothing to do with what had been organized for the 400 years since his death. In that occasion, Art-Test analysed several paintings of undisputed autography, including the Bacchus of the Uffizi, the 7 works of mercy of Naples, the Resurrection […]
DISCOVERIES
Sandra Pucci
Restorers have a beautiful job. A bit like ours, difficult but beautiful. They share with us the passion for materials that translate into art. And they know the matter, in ways that sometimes overlap, sometimes complement our own. Their point of view adds always something new. Together with Sandra Pucci, restorer, we worked on a […]
A great cleaning (and scalpel work), which Cesare Brandi would be proud of
“Commonly we mean by restoration any intervention aimed at putting a product of human activity back into efficiency”. So writes Cesare Brandi in his famous essay where he exposes what he considers the mission of the restorer and explains how everything must be done with the utmost respect for the work and time passed. The […]
CONSERVATION
A great cleaning (and scalpel work), which Cesare Brandi would be proud of
“Commonly we mean by restoration any intervention aimed at putting a product of human activity back into efficiency”. So writes Cesare Brandi in his famous essay where he exposes what he considers the mission of the restorer and explains how everything must be done with the utmost respect for the work and time passed. The […]
How much is it?
How not to fall in a trap A recurring question we are asked is, of course, “How much do your tests cost?” Less often it is asked “what value do these tests have?” We want to share with you a reflection that for some time we have been discussing during our days at work. The […]
Never again
The Lebanese art historian Gregory Buckhakjian is convinced that the artworks recovered were created by the hand of Artemisia Gentileschi. And Buckhakjian knows very well the history of the Sursock Palace collection, the building where the paintings were located – and which was heavily damaged during the attack -, as in 1993, he discussed his […]