Ancient sculptures were not generally white, in bare marble, as we see them today, but they were painted, colored. It is probably due to natural deterioration processes that most of those that have survived and we can see today have not preserved their polychromy....
The biannual Future of Heritage Science and Technologies International Conference will be held in Florence on 29-30 April 2024, for its 4th edition. The final programme can be downloaded from the website: https://www.florenceheritech.com/. Art-Test in collaboration...
The progress of the science for cultural heritage is a fascinating journey. Every day it brings new discoveries, case studies, and data that expand our understanding of works of art, revealing their origins and enabling us to grasp when they were created. It also...
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...
Gustavo Perino and Anauene Soares bring the third edition of the International Conference Artwork Expertise and Art Law (ICAE) to São Paulo – an event to discuss science, technique, cultural heritage preservation, and the art market. ICEA was the first...
We are used to evaluating the results of a diagnostic campaign but we rarely dwell on the process, on all the work from the first inspection to the moment before pressing “start” and initiating data acquisition. It is a crucial time, as much as the time in...
