In recent years, the debate over the restitution of artworks stolen during the Second World War has taken on a central role in European cultural politics.Germany, in particular, is at the center of much controversy, due to the obvious role it played during the Nazi...
The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environment was born on December 14, 1974, with a decree of urgency. The “superintendence” system already existed, more or less in the form we know them now, but the competences were divided among various ministries:...
The Secret of Vermeerโs โView of Delftโ: A Masterpiece of Light and Time Once hailed by Marcel Proust as the most beautiful painting in the world, View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer remains one of the most celebrated artworks of the Dutch Golden Age. Vermeer, often...
New Research Casts Doubts on the Authenticity of the Statue Was it truly by pure chance that the statue of the Warrior was discovered by an Abruzzese farmer in the locality of โCinericcio,โ just a few kilometers from Capestrano? It was 1934, and according to the...
It is never nominated by Draghi in the European Competitiveness Report, and in the new European Commission, it is assigned to the weakest ministry. Why? Letโs start with the facts. The cultural and creative sector represents about 4.4% of the European Union’s...
One of the most renowned Flemish masterpieces is being damaged by aggressive conservation treatments, according to esteemed scholars who present scientific evidence, utilizing before-and-after images from: โclosertovaneyck.kikirpa.be. The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb...
