by admin | May 21, 2023 | Art Word, Art-Test News, Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries
Anna Pelagotti Unveiled: different versions of Caravaggio’s works show contrasting details thanks to scientific analyses Two versions of a Caravaggio painting reveal significant differences thanks to scientific analysesThere has been an ongoing debate among...
by admin | May 20, 2023 | Authentications & attributions
Anna Pelagotti A Pompeian fresco loaned for the “Alexandria: Past Futures” exhibition returned severely damaged, but nobody assumes responsibility The exhibition, held first in Brussels and then in Marseilles, revisited the history and present of the...
by admin | Mar 19, 2023 | Authentications & attributions
Despite the spectacular theft suffered during the last edition, and a series of changes at the top, this 2023 edition confirmed TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) as the queen of fairs, with 268 exhibitors from all over the world and a newfound enthusiasm in...
by admin | Mar 14, 2023 | Authentications & attributions
It could have been the deal of the century for a collector… but not! A Madrid auction house, Setdart, avoided a scandal by canceling the contract signed in 2018 with a collector for the sale of 16 modern works of art, later uncovered as “fakes” thanks to...
by admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage
My “coup de coeur” this year at BRAFA is this pair of paintings by Bartholomaeus Bruyn the younger, dated around the second half of the 16th century. Their attribution has recently been confirmed, and they have been auctioned many times, the last one in...
by admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Authentications & attributions
My “coup de coeur” of this edition of BRAFA is a contemporary artwork by the Spanish artist José Maria Sicilia, presented in the Belgian gallery MSSDCLRQ (Meessen De Clerq, Brussels, Belgium). Exhibited as if it was a painting, the artwork turns out to be the set of...
