Editorial Policy

Effective from launch · June 2026

Purpose: What Fondo Oro Magazine is

Fondo Oro Magazine is an independent digital publication dedicated to Italian gold-ground panel painting from approximately 1250 to 1430. It exists to serve 1. private and public, collectors and collections, 2. art dealers, and 3. other enthusiasts of this art — people who buy, sell, research, exhibit and care about works from the late Duecento, Trecento, and early Quattrocento.

This is not a peer-reviewed academic journal. Academic researchers are welcome, but we do not calibrate our editorial voice or content depth for scholarly publication requirements.

Content: What we cover

Fondo Oro Magazine publishes content across these three areas:

Exhibition dates, reviews & previews, Publication recommendations, Educational resources.

Coverage is limited to works falling within the publication's defined scope: Italian gold-ground panels and paintings produced between approximately 1250 and 1430. Works adjacent to — Byzantine icons, Spanish Gothic panels, northern European gold-ground works — are not covered.

Standards: Editorial standards

All content published by Fondo Oro Magazine is written or reviewed by the editor. Factual claims are based on established scholarship, museum documentation, auction records, and primary institutional sources.

Fondo Oro Magazine operates with full editorial independence and is not beholden to any publisher, museum, gallery or auction house.

Tools: Use of artificial intelligence

Fondo Oro Magazine uses AI tools in its editorial workflow.

Text. AI assistance is used for research support, for summarizing sources, and for drafting. Every text is checked, edited, and approved by the editor before publication. Sources are verified against the original publication, never against an AI summary. Editorial responsibility for all published text rests with the editor.

Images. Where an illustration is generated with AI, this is stated in the caption. Such images serve as illustration only. They do not depict, reconstruct, or stand in for an actual work of art, and are never presented as a record of a panel, its condition, or its appearance. Photographs of actual works are always credited to their source.

Not used for. Attributions, dating, condition assessments, provenance, and factual claims about individual works and painters are established from scholarship, museum documentation, and primary sources — and not generated by AI.

Commercial relationships: Transparency & disclosure

Any commercial relationship — including sponsored content, paid listings, or partnerships — is clearly identified as such. Sponsored or promoted content is always labelled and is editorially distinct from independent coverage. Commercial relationships do not influence editorial decisions.

Publication recommendations (books, catalogues, exhibition catalogues) reflect the editor's genuine assessment. Where a publisher or institution has provided a review copy, this is noted.

Press & submissions: Working with us

Museums, galleries, auction houses, and publishers are welcome to submit press materials, exhibition announcements, and catalogue information for editorial consideration. Submission does not guarantee coverage. All materials should be sent to info@fondo-oro.art with the subject line Press Submission.

Corrections: Errors & corrections

We take factual accuracy seriously. If you identify an error in our website or coverage, please contact us at info@fondo-oro.art. Confirmed corrections are made promptly and noted within the affected article.

Fondo Oro Magazine is published by Roberto De Simone, Bonn, Germany.