Who is Federica Lonati

La Contesa on Picasso: Rachele Ferrario tells the story of Fernanda Wittgens and Palma Bucarelli

There are essays that read like novels because they deal with facts, characters and issues that arouse interest and curiosity even in a lay audience. Credit is due to the writer, who is skillful in leading the reader to discover the protagonists of s...
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When an American restored Velázquez's Las Meninas.

Forty years without losing polish. Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez (Seville, 1599 - Madrid, 1660), the most famous painting of Spanish painting of all time and the icon of the Prado National Museum, still retains intact the luminosity and color...
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Journey to Factum's workshops, where amazing facsimiles of art masterpieces are created

At Factum Arte, in Madrid, there is a unique, fascinating and surprising atmosphere. It is not a museum or an art gallery: it is a place where history, antiquity and beauty dialogue with the latest digital technologies. Sketches of classical fragment...
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Spain's brightest painter: on Paolo di San Leocadio's masterpiece, the Oration in the Garden

A new painting, of considerable size, catches the attention of those who enter Room 56B of the Prado Museum, Madrid. At a glance, the chromatic richness and luminosity ofOration in the Garden by Paolo di San Leocadio (Reggio Emilia, 1447 - Valencia, ...
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