Finally, the Museum of La Specola finally reopened its grand doors after nearly 5 years of restoration. At the onset of its 250th year, dating back to 21 February 1775, when it was inaugurated by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena as the “Imperial and Royal...
Why visit TEFAF, one of the most beautiful antique shows in the world, if you’re not a museum director or a collector with a seven-figure budget? Perhaps to grasp the opportunity to see wonderful artworks that in many cases will have appeared for the last time...
A new Sacred Art section of the Ghelli Museum, a little gem, was inaugurated in San Casciano Val di Pesa. The succession of speeches, from the Mayor to Dr. Anna Floridia, representative of the territory for the Superintendent, then to Father Antonio Lari, director of...
A foundation is not always right: all acquitted in the Bolzano trial related to five alleged fake “De Dominicis” The evidence brought by the prosecutor, namely the De Dominicis Foundation, which argued the inauthenticity of 5 works from a private...
Did he really produce fake Picasso, Braque, De Chirico ? The scandal of Magritte consciously producing intentional forgeries of other authors, such as Picasso, Braque, and De Chirico, began in 1988 when his former friend (and later enemy) Marcel Mariรซn published his...
Artistic language arises as a means of communication, a way to convey emotions, ideas, and values. Art has deep roots in human history. It likely emerged when men and women wanted to give meaning to the crucial moments of their existence, writes Desmond Morris in...
