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Artemisia Gentileschi is at Michelangelo's house and under restoration, female pioneers of Abstractionism and more... Press image to flip through Autumn/ Winter 2022 Michelangelo’s home is Artemisia’s Abode. This issue focuses on Florence’s Casa Buonarroti – the home of Michelangelo, who Artemisia Gentileschi honoured with her Allegory of Inclination , the painting now being restored, under the public’s watchful eyes. The project ‘Artemisia UpClose’ reveals how the painter or

Restoring the identity tokens of female foundling children at the Innocenti Institute whose historic archive is in Florence. PRESS ON THE IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH The Innocenti Hospital’s historical archive in Florence comprises more than 13,000 documents and objects from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, including ‘tokens’ that parents left with their foundling children, as proof of identity. Located in the ancient refectory, the archive hosts one of the world’s most u

Vivian Maier, Laura Knight, Iris Origo, Sofia Uslenghi, Wanda and Marion Wulz and more... Press the image to flip through Spring/Summer 2022 Contemporary Italian women photographers meet their historic counterparts at Florence’s Forte Belvedere and Villa Bardini Museum, during Fotografe! Women Photographers: Alinari Archives and Contemporary Perspectives , an exhibition showcasing one of the world’s most important photographic archives. This issue features interviews with eme

Becoming Suzanne Valadon By Margie MacKinnon Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 - Issue 8 Suzanne Valadon, 1923, The Violin Case, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Source: Wikipedia Suzanne Valadon’s life reads like a paperback novel, with a plot that takes the heroine from obscurity to notoriety and, belatedly, much deserved acclaim. Its setting is Montmartre, the bohemian centre of turn-of-the-century Paris, and the cast of

Carla Danella in conversation with author Vanessa Nicolson By Linda Falcone Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 - Issue 8 Art historian and author Vanessa Nicolson, ph. courtesy of the author Freelance writer and curator Carla Danella speaks with long-time friend Vanessa Nicolson, an art historian and author of the memoirs Have you Been Good? and The Truth Game . More recently, Nicolson published Angels of Mud , a novel set against

Exploring Pasquarosa’s home and history By Federica Parretti Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 - Issue 8 Pasquarosa, 1913, Still life with flowers and a fan , Civico Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea We passed Tivoli, with its lovely view of the whole plain from the Aniene to the Tiber valleys, dotted with their renowned Roman hills. Then we continued on to Arsoli, amidst nature still groggy from its sleep, which offered unexpect