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March 23, 2024

‘The Poetics of Fire and Earth’: an exhibition in Úbeda

For over 2 years, Factum Foundation worked with Melchor Tito Sr. and Melchor Tito Jr., a family of potters, on a project to revive and fire a traditional Arabic kiln...
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April 3, 2024

Save the Date: Oulu Innovative Playground
Thursday, April 11th

Oulu Innovative Playground is an event dedicated to sharing experiences and exploring new possibilities in the post-industrial landscape. Esteemed speakers will present their projects, aiming to discover innovative solutions for...
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March 20, 2024

Facsimile of one of the exterior panels of the Beaune Altarpiece

As part of the exhibition ‘REVISITING VAN EYCK. The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin’ at the Musée du Louvre (March 20 – June 17, 2024), the Hospices Civils de Beaune used...
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March 6, 2024

7 & 14 March 2024 – ARCHiVe Online Academy: 3D Digital Investigation for Canvases and Painted Panels

SAVE THE DATES: 7 & 14 March, 3pm — 5pm (CET) Online course featuring two projects undertaken by ARCHiVe, alongside other case studies: the digitisation of the Palazzo Cini Gallery (47 panel...
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December 15, 2023

Museo Nacional del Prado ✕ Factum Foundation: limited edition facsimile series

For the first time, the Museo del Prado offers the opportunity to acquire replicas of details from masterpieces in its collection that faithfully reproduce both colour and relief from the...
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November 20, 2023

Two facsimiles of ‘The Crucifixion’ by the Master of the Lindau Lamentation presented at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam

In 2021 Factum Foundation carried out a 3D and colour scan of the panel known as The Crucifixion (c. 1425) by the Master of the Lindau Lamentation, with the aim...
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February 22, 2024

Facsimile of the Codex Emilianense 60 revealed to the public

On February 22, 2023, the President of the Government of La Rioja (Spain) and President of the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation, Gonzalo Capellán, presented in Madrid the “Critical-Philological...
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February 14, 2024

John Martin and the Stukeley Papers

To people who have never visited the North East of England, John Martin’s apocalyptic scenes might appear to be wild fantasies conjured up from his imagination, but in fact the...
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October 28, 2023

The Husillos Sarcophagus

The municipality of Husillos, in an initiative developed by the mayor Don Juan Jesús Nevares Heredia, succeeded in getting permission, finding the finances, commissioning, and installing an exact facsimile, made...
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February 15, 2024

New collaboration: Art and Antiquities Blockchain Consortium

Another means of ensuring that both digital and physical cultural material remains accessible and traceable is blockchain technology. Factum Foundation is collaborating with the Art and Antiquities Blockchain Consortium, run by...
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February 6, 2024

Recreation of the Colossus of Constantine installed in Rome

Factum Foundation’s 12m-tall recreation of the Colossus of Constantine, previously on display at Fondazione Prada, is now installed inside the garden of Villa Caffarelli, in Rome. This project is the...
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March 19, 2024

Two facsimiles of sculptures by Diego de Pesquera donated to the Convent of Madre de Dios in Seville

Created in 1575 by Diego de Pesquera (1530-1587), the two praying sculptures depict Doña Juana de Zúñiga and Catalina Cortés, respectively spouse and daughter of Hernán Cortés. They are located...
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October 28, 2023

Protecting sacred spaces

A team from University of Calabar and the National Museum Calabar have just finished a nine-day period of preservation works at Etinghi Nta monolith site. As a temporary measure, a...
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February 16, 2024

The Sacred Cave of Kamukuwaká is returning home

Providing access to both a cultural and natural heritage is a key feature of Factum’s collaboration with People’s Palace Projects to return a restored facsimile of the sacred cave of...
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October 31, 2023

The Arabic Kiln in Úbeda. The poetic transformation of fire and earth

For over a year, Factum Foundation worked with Melchor Tito Sr. and Melchor Tito Jr., a family of potters, on a project to revive a traditional ceramic Arabic kiln in...
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