It goes without saying that the certainty of authenticity is an indispensable prerequisite for a work of art and is what allows the collector, in some cases together with a certain amount of valerian, to sleep soundly. We can only imagine how abrupt the...
Trump will leave the White House and hopefully he is packing his lies and anti-scientific attitude. How about his art? He loves fakes to bits. He is known for having a phony Renoir in his apartment (formerly on his plane), and...
More than 800 people took part to the inauguration of the exhibition “Painting from Siena: Ars Narrandi in Europe’s Gothic Age”, last September 9th at the Palais de Beaux-Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels.Also the President of the European Commission, Jose’ Manuel Barroso,...
Art-Test started just recently working in Siena, on this extensive database, after winning the public competition published by Sovrintendenza of Siena and Grosseto. The project includes the analyses of a selection of masterpieces, both currently exposed and in the...
The costs for a diagnostic campaign to authenticate a painting may seem high, but they are always a good investment.Without a painting having positively passed a series of tests to determine the compatibility of methods and materials with the period or the envisaged...
Photo credits: Andrea Gavinelli The art market is constantly changing. The way of collecting has evolved in recent years, moving away from specialization towards a mixture of genres, seeking for epiphanies and “correspondences of amorous senses”. The recently...
