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HIGHLIGHTS


“The scientist and the forger workshop”: we need a shared protocol to identify fakes
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 identify fakes in art” was held in Lucca.It is becoming increasingly clear that there is the need to tackle this issue […]
OPINIONS

Do not miss Florence Heritech
After an “online only” last edition and with the goal to create synergy between Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, the conference Florence Heritech will take place in Florence from 16 to 18 May 2022, in same place and at the same time as the Florence Biennial Art and Restoration Fair.Florence is since century a recognised […]

A restoration – study on an artist still largely to be discovered
The restoration of the splendid painted Cross kept in the Ghelli Museum of San Casciano Val di Pesa and attributed to the so-called “Master of San Lucchese” has recently begun. The artist takes its name from the place where most of his paintings were found, namely the Convent of San Lucchese in Poggibonsi. His works […]
DISCOVERIES

Join us during a diagnostic campaign!
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 set of analyses that establish a possible post quem term and therefore indicate the period starting from which the […]

New Rubens discovered in the museum deposits
Several Rubens’ originals have been recently identified and revealed to the public in «Becoming Famous», the exhibition (just ended) that gathered more than 90 known and unknown artworks, related to the Master early career, up until 1620. As a matter of fact, in the last 2 years, the forced closure due to the COVID 19 pandemic outbreak, […]
CONSERVATION

What happens to revolutionaries?
In these times of war, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels dedicates an exhibition to David’s canvas which stages the murder of Jean Paul Marat in 1793, painted just a few months after the crime. It is a political work, commissioned by the revolutionary command, as a tribute to the martyrs of the […]

Join us during a diagnostic campaign!
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 set of analyses that establish a possible post quem term and therefore indicate the period starting from which the […]

You should avoid making mistakes
Stefano, how did you become a restorer? What was your training path? It was a tortuous journey, a bit like being on a roller coaster. I come from a dynasty of decorators and gilders: my great-grandfather was trained in the Grand Ducal workshops around the Pitti Palace. I was initiated to restoration at the age […]