Who owns public art?

Who owns public art?

The British Museum refuses to allow scans of the Parthenon marbles. Resulting replicas could be offered to them if they consented the marbles to be returned to Greece. Let’s imagine you want to study a work of art currently in the collection of a state or municipal...
A new Michelangiolo?

A new Michelangiolo?

A drawing at auction in Paris in May 2022 Great news are shaking the world of art collecting: next May, in Paris, Christie’s will put on sale, during the auction “Maîtres anciens et du XIXe siècle”, a rare early drawing by Michelangelo, which could reach the...
Interview to Lucia Dori

Interview to Lucia Dori

Lucia discovered restoration as a child, and was one of the first students of the courses held by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence. Lucia Dori is one of the best known restorers in Florence. Her workshop, which she shares with her brother Andrea, deals with...
Join us during a diagnostic campaign!

Join us during a diagnostic campaign!

An unknown man, upside down The principle that Art–Test uses in proposing a diagnostic campaign on a work for which there is no historical-artistic reference other than family memories or vague information, it is to begin to investigate with a minimum...