by admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Conferences, Cutural Heritage, Fakes
Fakes are increasingly relevant, because of their financial and cultural implications. Museums and cultural institutions are not exempt, on the contrary, the news is that there is tendency in their coming out, showing and discussing their fake collections, finally...
by admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Exhibitions
There are attributions that don’t last from Christmas to Saint Stephen’s Day, the luckiest ones make it to New Year’s Eve, and a few continue their journey among the ‘autographs.’ These attributions are often certified by journalistic...
by admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Publications, Restoration
Just having the name “Caravaggio” in the title of an exhibition usually ensures its success, even though he was a forgotten artist for centuries, fallen into obscurity, and it is all thanks to Roberto Longhi that he was rediscovered, restoring him to a...
by admin | Oct 22, 2023 | Authentications & attributions
Imagine yourself in front of a large canvas: “The Baptism of Christ” by Pietro Montanini, a work that typically adorns the Leparelli altar in the church of Sant’Agostino in Cortona. What happens when a work like this enters a restoration studio? The...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Art Word, Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Exhibitions
When visiting the Bargello Museum in Florence you may come across an “old acquaintance”, that is, a small wooden Crucifix (41.3 x 39.7 cm), which now stands in a corner but which a few years ago unleashed a real hurricane in the art world. And not only....
by admin | Sep 24, 2023 | Art Word, Authentications & attributions, Exhibitions, Fakes
Often between one hypothesis or the other the difference is millions euros and the reputations of scholars and galleries. Reasons enough to arouse the curiosity of even a non-specialist public and become popular news. However, it requires a certain courage to hold an...
