GIOVANNI CARBONARA LEFT US
Giovanni Carbonara has passed away. Architect and full professor of Architectural Restoration at the “Sapienza” University of Rome, where he directed the ‘School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage.” A key figure in the field of restoration and academic popularization, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Benemeriti della Cultura e dell’Arte. The […]
RESTORATION MATERIALS BANK TO BENEFIT MUSEUMS IN UKRAINE KICKS OFF – DONATE FROM HERE
RSF Italy, from the very beginning an active part of the Save Ukraine Art 22 Project for the preservation of works of art in war-torn Ukraine, becomes a fundraising contact for the collection of materials and equipment for restoration. Restaurateurs Without Borders Italy has been an active and proactive part of the Save Ukraine Art […]
RSF departs for Ukraine and in Lviv documents warehouses where Works of Art were secured
RSF Civil Protection Emergency Cultural Heritage, involved in the Save Ukraine Art 22 project, carried out a mission to Ukraine in early August to assist in organizing the securing of thousands of works, now located in hidden storage facilities in Lviv. This is not the first time that RSF Civil Protection Emergency Cultural Heritage has […]
E’ IN VENDITA IL VOLUME – IL CROCIFISSO DI PETRELLA TIFERNINA: LA SCOPERTA IL RESTAURO – RSF Edizioni
Due le presentazioni del volume dedicato al restauro del Crocifisso ligneo cinquecentesco conservato nella Chiesa di San Giorgio Martire a Petrella Tifernina : nel settembre 2022 a Roma, presso L’Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, e nel giugno 2022 a Campobasso, presso la Curia Vescovile. Per l’acquisto del volume (40€) inviare una mail a: info@restauratorisenzafrontiere.com Il […]
Claudio Strinati: The case of the Petrella Tifernina Crucifix is an emblematic example in the history of the preservation of universal artistic heritage – VIDEO
We publish the video through which Prof. Claudio Strinati, a member of the Scientific Committee of RSF Italy, participated in the Presentation of the Volume The Crucifix of Petrella Tifernina: the Discovery, the Restoration which took place on June 30, 2022 in Campobasso. Copyright © 2022 Dialogues Arte Below is the transcript of the text […]
Jerusalem, Holy Sepulcher’s monumental columns transported to archaeological museum Custody of the Holy Land, RSF “mission almost impossible”
Restauratori Senza Frontiere Italia with Pietro Coronas, president of RSF Protezione Civile Emergenza Beni Culturali, has just concluded a very important operation to secure and move archaeological artifacts in the Holy Land. Five monumental columns and two Corinthian capitals, removed in 1969 from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem because they were unstable […]
RSF an active part of “Save Ukraine Art 22”
On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, a meeting-meeting was held in Venice on the Save Ukraine Art 22 project, the all-Italian initiative, which was born in Venice in March 2022 after an appeal by some Lviv museum directors to secure artworks in Ukrainian museums threatened by the war. RSF is also an active part of the […]
In Defense of Humankind’s Cultural Heritage: What Happened to The Hague Convention?
In the Who Are We section of the RSF website, it is said: “RSF will fight to spread fundamental and systematically disregarded assumptions, such as those set out in the Second Protocol of the Hague Convention: The Parties to a conflict must ensure the immunity of cultural property under enhanced protection by refraining from making it […]
Amphipolis Tomb Monument in Danger A Year After Unearthing
By Philip Chrysopoulos – da Greece.greekreporter.com , 9 aug 2015 The first year anniversary of the Amphipolis tomb discovery finds the archaeological site in danger of being buried again in dirt, and oblivion. It was a year ago when the discovery of the ancient tomb was heralded as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in history, […]
The Destruction of Cultural Heritage Should be a War Crime
The world has changed; the law must change with it By ERIC GIBSON The Wall Steet Juornal – Feb. 27, 2015 4:40 p.m. ET It turns out that the news isn’t as bad as it first appeared. On Thursday, Islamic State posted a five-minute video of men destroying ancient Mesopotamian sculptures in the Mosul […]
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