In the last days some clamorous news about a rediscovered picture by Van Gogh has been published in the magazine “Analytical Chemistry”, and has already been spread out loud to the whole world. Under the surface of a painting by the great Dutch artist there is another one, realized previously and then covered, portraying the face of a woman.

This summer great plans and a lot of movement in Beijing, chosen as the capital for the Olympic games 2008, where athletes from all over the world are landing as well as a special team of sportsmen selected by Andy Warhol. Indeed, the Chinese city has decided to host, from the 26th July in the venue of the Faurschou gallery, a famous collection of portraits by Andy Warhol dedicated to some very notorious athletes.

Georg Baselitz is universally recognized as one of the most famous and productive German artists. A great twentieth-century neo-expressionist painter, celebrated by the great international public for his oeuvre characterized by paintings with head-first figures that express an overturning of the traditional logic. The optical effect thus achieved is of paintings that at first impression seem abstract but, looked at more carefully, they reveal their true nature of figurative pictures.
In Baselitz’s artistic career the year 1965 was very important, as his studies took him to Florence, fascinating city which made him become passionate about the graphical art of Italian Mannerism.

The first semester for the art market is about to come to an end and before its conclusion Christie’s auction house is going to try itself out with an auction completely dedicated to author prints. Indeed, on 31st July Christie’s New York is going to propose a very interesting sale that will attract many neo-collectors, thanks to the very low estimates that vary from 300 to 18 thousand dollars. “Prints & Multiples” will auction 357 lots, including 29 works by Pablo Picasso, 23 by Joan Mirò and 5 by Marc Chagall. If we look through the catalogue we will see many interesting works that could give an excellent result to this sale dedicated to prints and multiples, a sector considered as one the minor sectors of the art market.

A recent and particularly thorough restoration has brought back to life the splendour of Santa Giustina’s altarpiece by Romanino, which with Giotto’s crucifix represents one of the most famous and important masterpieces in the Pinacotheca of the Civic Museums of Padua. The restoration project was immediately favoured by its supporters: the Savings Bank Foundation of Padua and Rovigo, the non-profit Association “Amici dei Musei e Monumenti” (“Museum and Monument Friends”) of Padua and Province, the “Young People’s sector” of the “Amici dei Musei e dei Monumenti” of Padua and Province, The Consortium Industrial Area and Fluviatile Port of Padua and the Preservation and Restoration Centre “La Venaria Reale” of Venaria Reale (Turin).

Last 1st June the world of fashion came to a halt to commemorate the death of Yves Saint Laurent, the French fashion designer considered one of the greatest fashion creators of the twentieth century who started his career at the Christian Dior maison to then found the homonymous label (Yves Saint Laurent) with his life and business partner Pierre Bergè.
His mark in the world of fashion and luxury remains recognizable and his name will always be symbol of style, becoming symbol of sophisticated but also innovative elegance.

Tuscany, cradle of art and culture and good living, is offering this year an initiative that reflects its identity. In order to offer culture and well-being, next August an experimental project will be launched entailing the extraordinary opening, even at night, of eighteen Tuscan museums.
The Region Tuscany has allocated for this initiative about 80 thousand euros. The museums that will participate have been selected also for their favourable environmental conditions, such as the presence of green areas. The list of museums that will adhere to the initiative is available on the website of the Region Tuscany.

British artist Banksy could be defined as the invisible man of contemporary art, but recently the English tabloid  “Mail on Sunday”, after an investigation that lasted about a year, has revealed his identity: Robin Gunningham. This would be the name hidden behind the identity of Banksy, the enigmatic and mysterious graffiti artist who has imposed himself as one of the main names of Street Art at international level. According to the London newspaper, Robin Gunningham is a 34-year-old middle-class Englishman brought up in a private school in Bristol.

One of the most famous works of art from twentieth-century history has greatly moved art lovers. Pablo Picasso’s painting the “Guernica” is sick and its conditions are serious although stable: this was the diagnosis given by experts at the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, who in these days have been carrying out a last check-up on Picasso’s work. An analysis that will allow to understand more thoroughly its damage, its genes, the hidden curiosities about its life.