Anna Pelagotti The bad weather that caused flooding and landslides in Emilia Romagna was neither unpredictable nor unexpected. That global warming due to greenhouse gases emitted by fossil fuels would have caused extreme events has been known and studied for years....
The Italian Republic should prmote the development of culture and scientific and technical research. But no Emanuela Massa Article 9 of the Italian Constitution, which turns 75 this year, reads as follows: โThe Republic promotes the development of culture and...
Marine Butera From BRAFA to TEFAF 2023 edition, some observers will have noticed the strong presence of animal sculptures (and especially bronze animal sculptures). Is it because they were a craze for late 19th and early 20th century European collectors? For their...
The large project for the Baptistery has entered its final phase. It is supported by the Opera del Duomo and started in 2014 with the restoration of the external facades and roof covering. The project will conclude by 2028 with the restoration of the approximately...
Ravensburger has a puzzle in its catalog that reproduces the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, and for this reason, it has been the subject of an order by the Venice Court, which condemns it to pay the rights dof reproduction of this image. The process was...
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...
