Organized over a period of twelve days with lectures both in the morning and in the afternoon, the international conference “1951-2021. The Caravaggio enigma. Comparing new studies “is online since a few days. This conference is meant to be a moment...
Valorising works of art in their context to help reading the different historical-artistic stratifications The restoration of the splendid painted Cross kept in the Ghelli Museum of San Casciano Val di Pesa and attributed to the so-called “Master of San Lucchese” has...
The Agamemnon mask would be a fake, indeed, a mockery. Past January 6 2022 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Schliemann, one of the most controversial but also the most fascinating characters in the history of modern archeology. Well, just in these...
The Italian artistic and cultural heritage is undoubtedly enormous. It seems, however, that not everyone wants to use and access it. Engaging young visitors is far from simple, it is necessary to find a language suitable for their age group, it must be easy and...
12 December Which is the most stolen painting worldwide? Arguably, Munch’s “The Scream”. Edvard Munch, born on 12 December 1863, produced 4 versions of this now super famous subject: two paintings with tempera, and two drawings with pastel and crayon....
13 December Branded as a “putrid and fetid member” by the Order of the Knights of Malta, Caravaggio escapes and arrives in Syracuse where he is commissioned to paint a canvas for the church of Santa Lucia al Sepolcro. Santa Lucia is the patron saint of the city and...
