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Between Private and Public : Corporate art collecting and collaboration with art museums in Finland
2021
In this chapter, I discuss corporate art collections as part of national cultural heritage and semi-public collections. Corporate art is seen through the lenses of collecting, various professions and corporate social responsibility (CSR). I highlight the motives and the meanings of visual art in the context of business and practices of collection development, with the similarities and differences to museums and the museum profession. The essence of corporate art collecting is connected with business objectives, and thus this field of collecting differs in many ways from the objectives of museum collections and ethics. The main motives for corporate art collecting are aesthetics, well-being,…
THE OLIGARCH AND THE PAINTBRUSHES: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ANDREU GARCIA, PRIEST = EL OLIGARCA Y LOS PINCELES: BREVE SEMBLANZA DEL PRESBÍTERO ANDREU…
2014
The documents regarding the Valencian priest Andreu Garcia († November 1452) show a quite interesting character. Garcia’s family belonged to local oligarchy. Moreover, he had a substantial income related with the Cathedral. He had contact, too, with Carthusians, Observant Friars and probably with Beghards (the books of his library suggest this last idea). Garcia took part, as an intermediary or as a sponsor, in many artistic orders that involved the best workers and the best customers of the city. Besides, he had a strong relationship with painters like Simó Llobregat, Jaume Mateu, Gonçal Sarrià and Joan Reixac. The priest could also have practiced painting, judging by the belongings that w…
Renato Guttuso and Sicily. For awidespread museum of the master of Bagheria
2021
Il contributo propone un approfondimento sulla figura di Renato Guttuso, artista siciliano che occupa un posto di rilievo nel panorama della pittura europea del XX secolo, attraverso ladisamina delle sue opere presenti in Sicilia,svolta alla luce dei più aggiornati studi sul legame dell’artista con la sua terra d’origine. Oltre al Museo Guttuso, fondato a Bagheria grazie a un lascito dell’artista, e al Complesso Monumentale dello Steridi Palermo, dove recentemente il suo capolavoro internazionalmente noto La Vucciriaè stato oggetto di un nuovo allestimento, si contano numerose sul territori siciliano le testimonianze della sua ricerca multiforme, grazie alla presenza di diverse realtà istit…
Ugo Zovetti and Book Decoration. A New Acquisition for the Fondazione Giorgio Cini Drawings and Prints Cabinet
2020
The essay focuses on a valuable acquisition of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini graphic art collections: a group of works by Ugo Zovetti Senior (Curzola, Dalmatia, 1879 - Milan, 1974). Ugo Zovetti was a great master of decoration and also distinguished himself in other fields, such as mural painting, advertising painting and engraving. An original, multifaceted artist, Zovetti is particularly valued for his works on paper, and especially the outstanding, highly refined decorated papers.
Sicilian Chinese art collections and Chinoiserie
L'Europa ha creato uno stile unico di design decorativo nei secoli XVII-XVIII che è stato profondamente ispirato allo stile orientale di Cina, Giappone e India. Lo stile europeo è rimasto sconosciuto alla Cina in quel momento, ed è anche raramente menzionato nella storia dell'arte moderna e del design cinese. Tuttavia, la Chinoiserie ha rappresentato un tema ricorrente all'interno degli stili artistici europei, che non si presenta come una moda regionale, ma bensì come un movimento d'arte complesso e variabile in tutta Europa. La significativa ricerca sul design Chinoiserie è stata intrapresa nei XX-XXI secoli, con centinaia di monografie e articoli pubblicati in inglese, francese, tedesco …