Facsimiles for two exhibitions at Palazzo Te

As part of the ongoing collaboration between Factum Foundation and Fondazione Palazzo Te, two paintings were recorded in high-resolution to make facsimiles for exhibition display in Mantua. The exhibition 'L’imperatore e il Duca. Carlo V a Mantova' (March 24 – June 25, 2023) features a perfect replica of Titian's portrait of Federico Gonzaga, Ist Duke of Mantua (1529), from the collection of the Museo del Prado, and another facsimile is planned for display in October.
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Recording an altarpiece in Gabiano, Italy

In March 2023 a team from Factum Foundation recorded in high resolution for the first time the St. Peter altarpiece by Nicolò da Voltri, originally painted for the monastery church of San Pietro in Vesima, near Genoa, and now in the Castle of Gabiano. The aim is to produce a facsimile of that will form part of the restoration project of the church, which has undergone many transformations since 1159.

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Recording in the Alhambra, Granada

Factum Foundation with Ana García Bueno and a group of researchers from the Department of Painting at the Universidad de Granada are working together on a research initiative that aims to propose a digital restoration of the polychrome surface that used to adorn the Comares façade in one of the courtyards of the Alhambra in Granada.

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Facsimile of Bernini's San Sebastian

For the exhibition ‘L’immagine sovrana. Urbano VIII e i Barberini’, Factum Foundation has produced a 1:1 facsimile of the San Sebastian (1615) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, to be part of the display at Palazzo Barberini in Rome from March 17th until July 30th 2023. The original sculpture, belonging to a private collection and on long-term loan to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, was recorded in high-resolution in September 2022 using a white light scanner and photogrammetry. More on the project

Factum Foundation and GKTSHD

Factum Foundation and Gerger Kültür Turizm, Sanat ve Hoşgörü Derneği (GKTSHD) are launching a project partnership aimed at recording the historical and archaeological site of Gerger, in the province of Adiyaman in Turkey. The first recording trip will happen in October and it is anticipated that this will be the start of an ambitious and ongoing collaboration.

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Bakor Monoliths at the British Museum

Factum Foundation's work on recording, documenting and preserving the Bakor monoliths is featured in the new Asahi Shimbun Display 'The Bakor Monoliths: Endangered Heritage' in gallery 3 of The British Museum, running from February 23rd until March 26th. It includes the work of eight years, in collaboration with several Nigerian and international partners and with the support of the Caréne Foundation, to raise awareness about these endangered artifacts from Cross River State, Nigeria.

The Djehuty Project opens to the public

In 2018, an archaeological mission led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor, unearthed an early Twelfth Dynasty funerary garden in a remarkable state of preservation. Factum Foundation was commissioned an exact facsimile to form part of the protective framework built to safeguard the fragile ancient structure from further erosion. The funerary garden facsimile was installed in 2019 and since early February 2023, the whole site is now open and accessible to visitors in Luxor.

Recording the Norman Chapel at Durham Castle

From January 4th to 6th 2023, a team from Factum Foundation carried out the complete 3D recording of the Norman Chapel inside Durham Castle, in the north of England. In collaboration with Durham University, the aim is to provide further insight into the questions that still surround the making and materials behind the 11th-century chapel, in order to inform an upcoming restoration project by providing accurate surface and colour information.
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Recording the Beaune Altarpiece

From January 9th to 16th, a team from Factum Foundation carried out the colour and 3D recording of the polyptych known as the Beaune Altarpiece, inside the Hôtel-Dieu Museum. The high-resolution color and 3D surface data will allow to monitor the state of conservation of the altarpiece with a great degree of precision, unmatched to date. The scanned data constitutes a precious documentary fund for the history of this work.
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Recording two paintings by Theo Van Doesburg

In November 2022, as part of a seminar organised by the Centre for Global Heritage and Development at Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden, a team from Factum Foundation recorded two paintings by Theo Van Doesburg using the Lucida 3D Scanner and composite photography. Both the surface layer and 3D recording were acquired in high resolution, and the data will be used to help the preservation of the two paintings.
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Re-creating the Colossus of Constantine

Factum Foundation has worked with the Musei Capitolini and Fondazione Prada on an ambitious project to recreate the large-scale sculpture of the Colossus of Constantine for the exhibition 'Recycling Beauty' (November 17, 2022 - February 27, 2023).
The 13m-tall work was on display inside the Cisterna at the Fondazione Prada, and is the result of several months of work that started with recording the original fragments of the colossal statue in April 2022.
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Benin Bronzes Digital Documentation Training Programme

Over the past weeks a team from Factum Foundation has been conducting a training programme in digital heritage documentation, focusing on photogrammetry, for participants from EMOWAA (Edo Museum of West African Art) and NCMM (National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria). The aim of the training was to establish a team of digital heritage specialists enabled to carry out recording projects both in Nigeria and abroad.
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La forza delle cose

Factum Foundation and Factum Arte worked with Fondazione Palazzo Te on recreating five designs by Giulio Romano as physical objects for the exhibition 'Giulio Romano. La forza delle cose' at Palazzo Te (October 8th, 2022 - January 8th, 2023). The intricate drawings were rematerialised as 3D models before being 3D printed in sections and cast in a variety of materials depending on the size and complexity of their details.
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FIVE YEARS ON: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is up for sale

Are the heritage authorities going to act in favour of the preservation of this important cultural asset and acknowledge that the model proposed by Factum Foundation and Re:Form has already proven successful and demonstrated that bell making can be revitalised? Will sensible decisions be made on the grounds that the Whitechapel Bell Foundry’s optimum value lies in the fact that it is a bell foundry?
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