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X-raying Artemisia
The diagnostic campaign reveals the secrets of this exceptional painting, and of its valorous author. The super gallery Robilant+Voena in New York presented until 10 February 2024, entitled "Ahead of Her Time: Pioneering Women from the Renaissance to the Twentieth...
Requiem for authentications by foundations and archives?
A foundation is not always right: all acquitted in the Bolzano trial related to five alleged fake "De Dominicis" The evidence brought by the prosecutor, namely the De Dominicis Foundation, which argued the inauthenticity of 5 works from a private collection, was...
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A “scandalous” restoration is shaking the artworld
One of the most renowned Flemish masterpieces is being damaged by aggressive conservation treatments, according to esteemed scholars who present scientific evidence, utilizing before-and-after images from: “closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be. The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb...
Art is not far from war. War is not far from Art
When Nazis and fascists looted homes and churches, the artworks were often repainted to disguise them. Through diagnostic analysis, the history can be uncovered. You might wonder how our world, the world of art scientists, could be involved with war and with freedom?...
Exploring the human body, among ancient cadaver dissectors, draftsmen, modelers, and… modern restorers.
Finally, the Museum of La Specola finally reopened its grand doors after nearly 5 years of restoration. At the onset of its 250th year, dating back to 21 February 1775, when it was inaugurated by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena as the "Imperial and Royal Museum...
Coups au cœur
Why visit TEFAF, one of the most beautiful antique shows in the world, if you're not a museum director or a collector with a seven-figure budget? Perhaps to grasp the opportunity to see wonderful artworks that in many cases will have appeared for the last time in a...