The โVERO-FALSOโ (TRUE-FALSE) conference, organized by Art & Dossier for Giunti, and Treccani, as part of TourismA, on one of the most recently debated topics, was an extraordinary success, enriched by the presence of high-profile speakers. It opened with a...
The richness of the Florence Biennale of Antiques this year enchanted us. In Florence we are used to being surrounded by beauty, but the comparison with other antiques fairs that have been held around the world and especially in Europe, this year is stunning. The...
The reason why Galileo Galilei, the famous Italian mathematician and astronomer, was condemned by the Church was a book, not the telescope. But even before the book, it was a letter to Benedetto Castelli, his pupil and close friend, to get him into trouble. A...
An X-ray brings out a figure from “chaos” Jackson Pollock is widely known as one of the greatest exponents of โaction paintingโ. Indeed, after a brief initial period in which he made art on traditional canvases, on easel, he soon arrived to dripping, i.e....
A captivating and surprising story, as intriguing as a noir novel by Michel Bussi. The story of a rejected Van Gogh, then fortunately recognized thanks to the precious work of the experts The story of this work begins in 1908, when an industrialist, the Norwegian...
How to authenticate a work of art? How to reveal forgeries? Onย 2 and 3 December 2021, as a result of an excellent initiative of theย Italian Group of the International Institute for Conservation, the workshopย โThe scientist and the forgery โ Scientific methodologies to...