Stories from the field

The campaigns, told by who was in the room.

Scanning nights at the Museo Egizio, the Quarto Stato under the scanner, Carpaccio reunited at Palazzo Ducale: the digitization projects as our team lived them.

A date with Due dame in Venice

A collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology took the Artmen all the way to Venice to create an accurate 3D scan to support the hyperspectral…

Japanese art prints, samurais, and geishas: 3D scanning of myths from the Land of the Rising Sun

Japanese culture during the Edo period explored through over 300 masterpieces of the most renowned artists, some of them on show for the first time in Italy. …

Frida Kahlo and a 3D version of Mexico to monitor the conservation of her artworks

Love and art, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The scene, their Mexico. An exhibition with the artworks of one of the most well-known artist couples on show in…

Long live culture

A year full of exhibitions and events to return to life, starting from culture itself, is ahead of the 2023 Italian Capitals of Culture, Bergamo and Brescia.

Scanning to time traveling

3D scanning of two medieval oak-wooden pirogues to support the restoration work conducted by Mrs Perticucci: a project sponsored by the Italian Government…

Discovering secret details of “Love: first discourse” through Artmen scans

Let’s find out more about the secret details of “Love: First Discourse” by Leonardo Dudreville. Artmen are provided with a new tool that can generate…

Digitisation of 233 artworks at Francesco Gonzaga Diocesan Museum in Mantua

Our project at Francesco Gonzaga Diocesan Museum in Mantua made true by InnovaMusei, a partnership between Regione Lombardia, Unioncamere Lombardia and…

AerariumChain and the new light of the simulacrum of Santa Lucia in Syracuse: monitoring and 3D printing

The simulacrum of Santa Lucia in Syracuse Cathedral shines in a new light thanks to the restoration work carried out by the Beato Angelico School restoration…

In partnership with the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

We have a new partnership with the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) to implement together new systems designed to preserve…

Let’s have a sneak peek into the Casa del Pozzo Antico in Nora

The Casa del Pozzo Antico is one of the most acclaimed excavations in Sardinia and our Artmen had the chance to generate its 3D scans before the restoration…

Three scans for three pietàs

Three historical plaster casts of three undisputed masterpieces: the pietàs by Michelangelo. Gathered in the evocative space of the Sala delle Cariatidi at…

Technical sponsors and 3d scans for Sacred Signs exhibition

Technical sponsor of the exhibition, AerariumChain shows how dialogue between the Church and contemporary art is possible using a selection of sacred…

Max Ernst at the Palazzo Reale and technical sponsor AerariumChain

We enter the surrealist world of Max Ernst as technical sponsor of the exhibition. We monitor the works with our 3D scans to support our Condition Reports.

Working in art: the Registrar

Amongst the professional figures operating in the museum environment the one of the registrar, although less known to the non-professionals has an essential…

The Artmen on the top of the Parma Baptistery

Restoration and reconstruction are easier to carry out with a 3D model of the work, especially if it is a turret 30 metres above the ground. AerariumChain…

Comparison of the unique virtual images of the Tiziano exhibition

An exhibition ends, but other unique virtual images are born: second 3D scan at the conclusion of ‘Tiziano and the image of women in 16th century Venice’.…

Digital imprint of the Fourth Estate for an objective condition report

Aiming to have an extremely tangible condition report that certifies the conservation status of the Fourth Estate after its return trip between Milan and…

Scans at 6 metres height

One of the most challenging endeavours for the ArtMen: a crucifix 6 metres high. This 3D will be reproduced in miniatures of 20cms.

An approach to planned and preventive conservation

Anyone, at least once in their life has uttered or heard the saying “prevention is better than cure”, a phrase which is perfectly applicable to different…

The power of museums

During the International Museums Day, we celebrate their power and participate in their digital transformation with the aim of making art immortal.

NFT and traditional art, a combination that can exist

What are NFTs? What relation do they have with art? Why are they important for traditional art? Here we explain how AerariumChain links these two worlds,…

Outside scans for Gallerie d’Italia and Intesa San Paolo

The Artmen get outside to scan sculptures of the Intesa San Paolo garden in Parma and Milan. A job that will be useful to try a new restoration technique.

The Fourth Estate under the AEC scanner before leaving for Florence

An amazing masterpiece, a complex operation: The Fourth Estate by Pellizza da Volpedo goes to Florence. AerariumChain supports the creation of a more accurate…

Under the scanner paintings, tapestries and statues: the collection of the Diocesan Museum of Mantua

An ambitious project for the quantity of works to be scanned as well as for the diversity of materials. A digitisation work that we are carrying out thanks to…

Scans in Mantua: Palazzo Te and Palazzo Ducale

AerariumChain moves to Mantua to perform 3D scans of 16th century reliefs. A job done for Metaheritage in two historic Mantuan palaces: Palazzo Te and Palazzo…

Condition Report for artworks

The condition report is a document of extreme importance that records the conservation status of an artwork. But how and when is it completed? Is there a…