Monica Galeotti, with a Ph in Chemistry, works for the Scientific Department of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze, a major public Italian conservation lab.
In the interview, she shares her motivations, the satisfaction that comes from the Impact Factor of "Topolino", discusses the problems that the conservation sector is facing and presents some possible solutions.
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Luciano Pensabene Buemi conservator of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Italian seat of the Solomon Guggenheim R. Foundation, brings us in his world of splendid and thaumaturgic beauty. He shares the fear caused by Acqua Alta in Venice and introduces us to his very special friend: Pablo Picasso
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PICASSO ... IT WASN'T YOU
Art diagnostics is, among other things, an outpost for the protection of cultural heritage. The one case we are presenting here is one of the many we have treated. Not all of them become public, as they do not all end in court. Moreover, we have to respect the secrecy of the investigations and the necessary time before the conclusion of the trial. (read more)
(Emanuela Massa)
UN JORDAENS SCOPERTO A BRUXELLES
THE ESSENTIAL .. IS HANGIN IN A DUSTY CORNER
“One sees clearly only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eye “, said the fox to the Little Prince according to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. But the “essential” protagonist of our story is visible, and is visible above all to diagnostic investigations such as reflectography, radiography, x-ray fluorescence and dendrochronology. We are talking about The Holy Family created by Jacob Jordaens which was exhibited for about sixty years in the offices of the city planning councillor of Saint Gilles (one of the 19 municipalities that make up Brussels) and considered a copy. (continua) (Federica Fani)
WILL THE SHOW GO ON?
We also love the virtual tours, the lessons, the interviews, the insights that museums and cultural institutions are publishing online.
But we would like to dispel a doubt. These videos are produced in an attempt to keep the cultural world visible.
