The artistic and cultural heritage cannot be valued per kilo as any other product. Different parameters necessarily come into play in estimating the value of a work of art. It is its existence, even more its possible absence, that increases its value. Its existence is...
“My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size, (…) has ever surpassed my courage“. So wrote about himself Pieter Paul Rubens, also known as “Pietro Paolo” since he had lived in Italy for 8 years and in Italy developed his style and his “trademark”....
On last October 25th, Pablo Picasso would have turned 140 years old, yet his art is still very current. He remains an extremely important artist for the history of art and the icon of genius.He chose the Genoese surname, Picasso, of his mother, because it was rarer...
Tomorrow is Caravaggio’s 450th birthday. There will not be celebrations, except for something almost improvised. Nothing to do with what had been organized for the 400 years since his death. In that occasion, Art-Test analysed several paintings of undisputed...
The copying of sculpture that has a long history in Western art. Most of the works of Greek sculptors are known only through Roman copies. However, we do not know if these were sold as Greek originals or not. We know that Michelangelo tried to sell...
The case of the Ludwig Museum in Cologne is very topical, with the exhibition “Russian Avant-garde at the Ludwig Museum: original and fake. Questions, research, explanations“, which sees works certified as authentic (for example by Kazimir...
