Market - Finestre sull'Arte

Why there is so much discussion about VAT on artwork, and how it works (explained well)

Ten days ago, on June 11, Gruppo Apollo, an association of antiquarians, modern and contemporary art galleries, collectors, art logistics companies and auction houses from all over Italy, issued a statement calling on the Italian government to lower ...
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"There is still a desire to collect ancient art in Italy." Antiquarian Flavio Gianassi speaks.

How is the situation of the antiques market in Italy today? What about internationally? How has antiques changed in the last 20 years? Is antiques valued enough today? We talked about this with Flavio Gianassi, who in 2013 founded and since then has ...
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USA, museum auctions impressionist masterpiece by Monet. Estimated at $18-25 million

From one of the most important U.S. museums to the art market. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has announced the sale of a Claude Monet painting, Mill in Limetz, an 1888 work that was donated in 1986 to the institution by collector Eth...
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TEFAF 2024, the world antiques fair ends. Here are the main sales with prices and photos

The closing of the 37th edition of TEFAF Maastricht last night was met with consensus among exhibitors: the fair, after the Covid years, was reborn, and during its eight days of opening (March 8 to 14: read our report here), nearly 50,000 visitors ga...
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Reportage from TEFAF: a tour of ancient art at the 2024 edition of the Maastricht fair

The European Fine Art Fair, TEFAF, a near-legendary annual event where everything takes on out-of-the-ordinary proportions, from the quantity of exhibitors to the turnout of the public to the mind-boggling bargaining figures. The numbers are impressi...
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Important Van Gogh painting sold at TEFAF: non-European museum buys it

Among the major sales at the 2024 edition of TEFAF, number 36 of the major international antiques fair, is one of the most illustrious pieces in the entire exhibition: a painting by Vincent van Gogh (Zundert, 1853 - Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890), the T&ecir...
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TEFAF, Benappi brings a masterpiece by Pierre Subleyras. Hopes for an Italian museum purchase

A few months after the publication of Nicolas Lesur 's monograph devoted to French painter Pierre Subleyras (Saint Gilles, 1699 - Rome, 1749), the Benappi Fine Art gallery in London, directed by Filippo Benappi and Valentina Vico, exhibited Subleyras...
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Designer Manfredi della Gherardesca's eclectic collection goes up for auction.

Going up for auction on Wednesday, April 24, at the British house Dreweatts, is the collection of Count Manfredi della Gherardesca (1961 - 2022), a celebrated interior designer, collector, art dealer, and curator who passed away in 2022. The sale, ti...
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