{"id":4610,"date":"2014-01-31T19:54:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=4610"},"modified":"2014-01-31T21:05:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:05:52","slug":"get-inspired-by-this-christies-auction-and-keep-your-eyes-wide-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/31\/get-inspired-by-this-christies-auction-and-keep-your-eyes-wide-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Young collectors, get inspired by this Christie&#8217;s auction &#8230;and keep your \u201cEyes wide open\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4610 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/31\/get-inspired-by-this-christies-auction-and-keep-your-eyes-wide-open\/concetto-spaziale-natura-lucio-fontana\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Concetto-Spaziale-Natura-Lucio-Fontana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Natura. !959-1960. Terracotta 21\u215c x 28\u215b x 28\u215c in.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4613\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4613'>\n\t\t\t\tLucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Natura. !959-1960. Terracotta 21\u215c x 28\u215b x 28\u215c in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/31\/get-inspired-by-this-christies-auction-and-keep-your-eyes-wide-open\/alighiero-boetti-mappa\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Alighiero-Boetti-Mappa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Alighiero Boetti, Mappa, 1979. Embroidery, 36.22 x 51.18 in.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4612\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4612'>\n\t\t\t\tAlighiero Boetti, Mappa, 1979. Embroidery, 36.22 x 51.18 in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/31\/get-inspired-by-this-christies-auction-and-keep-your-eyes-wide-open\/michelangelo-pistoletto-lei-e-lui-marie-e-michelangelo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"79\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Michelangelo-Pistoletto-Lei-e-Lui-Marie-e-Michelangelo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lei e Lui- Maria e Michelangelo, 1968. Painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel 90\u215d x 47\u00bc in.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4611\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4611'>\n\t\t\t\tMichelangelo Pistoletto, Lei e Lui- Maria e Michelangelo, 1968. Painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel 90\u215d x 47\u00bc in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christies.com\/salelanding\/index.aspx?intSaleID=25023\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cEyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision\u201d <\/a>is the title of the unconventional auction which will take place on 11 February at Christie&#8217;s in London. The leitmotif of the sale seems to be Italy, which some insiders \u2013 probably driven by some hedge found manager \u2013 recognize as an \u201cemerging\u201d country, with regards to art from the Seventies. The collection \u2013 it&#8217;s not sure yet whether it is the one by Nerio and Marina Fossati, as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/luxury\/art\/21364\/art-sales-are-prices-for-arte-povera-about-to-explode.html\" target=\"_blank\">Telegraph<\/a> reports \u2013 includes more than a hundred artworks, acquired by the Lombard couple over the past 25 years. It gathers together pieces by the most prominent exponents of the Italian Arte Povera movement, ranging from its founders &#8211; Burri, Fontana, Manzoni and Melotti to some contemporary artists, who had been influenced by the italian revolutionary group &#8211; Kapoor and Eliasson, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With an estimation of \u00a325 million, this auction might as well mark a turning point in the history of Arte Povera on the market, somehow always dismissed by collectors and investors. It is for a fact that the trend has been changing over the past years and a great interest for the artworks produced during the 1960s and 70s in Italy appears to be growing. The last evidence to support this thesis can be pinpointed in the results of the annual Italian modern art auctions of year 2013, where just Christie&#8217;s records a sale for \u00a327 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are at least two reasons that have attracted CFA&#8217;s attention to this sale. The first one regards the way Christie&#8217;s has conceived the auction catalogue. Art curators and artists have been involved in the writings \u2013 although it is missing the name of the most important one, Germano Celant. The second reason lies in the collection itself. When collectors manage to work with such a serious and coherent attitude, the result can&#8217;t be nothing but positive. This auction embodies a great example for future generation of collectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cEyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision\u201d is the title of the unconventional auction which will take place on 11 February at Christie&#8217;s in London. 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