The Graphics Museum of Pisa launches the Italian tour of Ultrasky: Exploring Egyptian Blue, from Art to Science, an intriguing exhibition that unveils the secrets of the world’s oldest artificial pigment: Egyptian Blue. More than just a color, this remarkable pigment...
During the London Art Week of 2023, Christie’s of London had proposed the sale of a rare Renaissance masterpiece, the Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, and Mary Magdalene at the Feet of the Cross, unanimously attributed to the early work of...
Some free thoughts on the last edition of the Biannual International Art FaIR (BIAF) in Florence, Italy. Spoiler: it was fantastic LOCATION Palazzo Corsini: magnificent! A place in the heart of the city. Accessible to anyone who wants to spend time experiencing...
Given my profession, I have this “professional quirk” of getting up close to artworks to examine their materials, and only afterward, and sometimes not always, stepping back to appreciate what they represent. Imagine, then, how I felt at an exhibition...
For those who couldn’t make it to Palazzo Corsini, here is a collection of paintings and other objects that caught our attention, regardless of era, quality, or price, including some museum-worthy pieces.
In Arezzo an exhibition displays a monumental masterpiece and everything needed to travel back in time and enter the creative mind of one of the geniuses of the Renaissance “Our Giorgio,” wrote the admiring Cosimo I, referring affectionately to Giorgio Vasari. Some...
