As in the final decades of the last century, the National Gallery seems to be returning to the center of sharp criticism for the way it conducts conservation and restoration interventions on the works in its collection. We had already written about this here: Have...
At the online auction โDipinti Antichiโ (Old Master Paintings) held April 10โ16 by Pandolfini in Florence, a battle scene in poor conditionโcatalogued as the work of an anonymous 17th-century Lombard artist and estimated at โฌ2,000โ3,000โwas sold for a remarkable...
As we were preparing the articles for our newsletter, we received the sad news of Carlo Frittelliโs passing. We are not entitle to recount Carloโs career or the significance of his gallery, but we feel compelled to share a memory of him. Carlo was a gentle soul, a...
As announced in our previous newsletter, Florence Heri-Tech returns to Florence from 26 to 30 April. This event is dedicated to technologies applied to cultural heritage, to diagnostics, conservation, and to the valorisation of cultural assets. Art-Test has always...
There are books that should be read slowly, allowing oneself to listen deeply to what the written words evoke in the depths of oneโs soul. Such is the case with โSoothing Pain with Beautyโ by Alessandra Dino. This is an intense work that explores the memory of the...
