by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Highlights
The Agamemnon mask: the greatest hoax? La maschera di Agamennone sarebbe un falso, anzi, una burla Past January 6 2022 was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Schliemann, one of the most controversial but also the most fascinating characters in the history...
by admin | Dec 18, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Conferences, Cutural Heritage, Fakes, Highlights
“The scientist and the forger workshop”: we need a shared protocol to identify fakes How to authenticate a work of art? How to reveal forgeries? On 2 and 3 December 2021, as a result of an excellent initiative of the Italian Group of the International Institute for...
by admin | Dec 18, 2021 | Art Word, Authentications & attributions, Conferences, Cutural Heritage, Fakes, Highlights
How to authenticate a work of art? How to reveal forgeries? On 2 and 3 December 2021, as a result of an excellent initiative of the Italian Group of the International Institute for Conservation, the workshop “The scientist and the forgery – Scientific methodologies to...
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Exhibitions, Highlights
The case of the Ludwig Museum in Cologne is very topical, with the exhibition “Russian Avant-garde at the Ludwig Museum: original and fake. Questions, research, explanations“, which sees works certified as authentic (for example by Kazimir...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Highlights, Publications, Restoration
Man or Woman? Gender fluid ante litteram A painting by the genius Leonardo da Vinci unexpectedly provides us with an interesting reflection on the notion of “gender identity“, never as much debated as in recent times. What distinguishes and separates being a woman...
by admin | Apr 21, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Highlights
An original without copies or Caravaggio’s zigzag Spunti diagnostici di riflessione sull’attribuzione From how they all got on the bandwagon (“I discovered it!” “No, I discovered it first!“) there would seem to be no doubts that the painting at auction in Madrid...
