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In the wake of the Antonello da Messina theft from Messina's "Accascina" Regional Museum, the comprehensive diagnostic documentation compiled in 2018 by CNR-IPFC and the University of Palermo emerges as a critical pre-theft scientific baseline for the potential authentication and identification of the recovered artworks.
Marseille Museum President Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Putting Institution ‘At Risk’: Report
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An Obscure Canadian Agency Helped Convict Norval Morrisseau Forgers—and Is Finally Getting Its Due
The Canadian Conservation Institute, an understated federal body, leveraged forensic material analysis to expose concealed internal codes and incorrect paint formulations on hundreds of fake Norval Morrisseau paintings, decisively aiding the prosecution of a widespread art fraud scheme.
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