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Spanish contemporary art is experiencing a new golden age thanks to artists who, like Rafa Macarrón, have reached the Olympus of the international art market....

If you would like to discover some of the events that have marked the life and work of Edgar Plans, be sure to read the following curiosities that follow...

During the Baroque period in Spain the works of Juan de La Corte and other architectural painters encouraged the development of architecture itself, many of the court painters would receive commission...

Since Goya there has not been a Spanish painter with greater international projection than the one achieved by Mariano Fortuny in his short career. Within a generation of extraordinary painters who ra...

Walter Benjamin said that the figure of the born collector, along with that of the curious child and the urban flâneur share the same inquiring spirit. The German author was referring to those souls w...

From a very early age, despite being born into a family of merchants and artisans with no cultural concerns, Torres García showed great artistic sensitivity. He was self-taught in creation, and it was...

The two paintings that Setdart brings together on this occasion confirm the aforementioned doubly, since each of them offers us a different journey into the past of the master from Malaga, each of the...

Roman funeral rites were part of one of their identity signs and defining features of their most ancient values and traditions (including those of the conquered peoples). The artistic expression on th...

The image of a shepherd tending his flock is perhaps one of the oldest images of humanity and at the same time a permanent source of artistic inspiration, whether in poetry, as in the bucolic themes o...

At Setdart we are committed to young talent with the firm conviction of creating bridges between collectors and emerging artists. Among them, we present Costa Gorel (Moscow, 1993) whose work is devel...

The etymology of the term jade dates back to the Spanish conquest of South and Central America. It means flank stone, referring to a stone that the Spanish conquistadors brought from America, and to w...

"Colour light exercise" is among the most emblematic works of Bernardí Roig's production, whose success and international recognition make him one of the most outstanding Spanish creators on the curre...

The niche in the bidding on the 18th represents a clear example of the mysticism of Gaudí's legacy. Antoni Gaudí's work was a complete revolution in the field of architecture and decorative arts, go...

The style that a fountain pen gives off is not comparable to that of a ballpoint pen, the experience of writing by hand and seeing how the ink flows on the paper and the text acquires a unique charact...

If we were to go back to 16th century Spain, we would find ourselves before one of the most incredible panoramas in history. In barely a hundred years, a group of kingdoms, traditionally in dispute, a...

The Asian art auction that Setdart is holding on October 10 hides small treasures of great artistic value. Among the pieces tendered is a small cup dating from the Ming Dynasty, which ruled China betw...

Since abstract art broke with all the limits of the pictorial practice itself, the plastic and expressive values intrinsic to it took on all the significant weight to proclaim its full autonomy and to...

The influence of Asian culture in our western society is becoming more and more notorious, integrating itself in its different layers with greater or lesser intensity. As far as the spiritual realm is...

If you are passionate about Japanese arts and culture, you can't miss the Oriental Art auction that we are holding at Setdart on October 10, in which two fantastic examples of samurai armor from the E...

From Setdart we present a practical guide with tips on how to buy Chinese ceramics. Next October 10, we have an Oriental Art auction with a multitude of objects from ancient dynasties....

Since ancient times, dance has fascinated writers, intellectuals and artists who, inspired by the beauty of this discipline, have made it the protagonist of their works. In fact, if we think of the f...

How do we imagine a house in 16th or 17th century Spain? Would it really be like we see in movies or novels? Unconsciously, we are engraved with the splendor and luxury of the palaces of the monarchs,...

The importance of Antonio Saura in the renewal of Spanish post-war art is clearly unquestionable. Consolidated as one of the great introducers of abstraction in Spain, Saura is also one of the greates...

The heterogeneous forms of digital art, created in symbiosis between man and machine set the trend in 2022. In our next auction on September 27, we present a selection of 12 digital works that will lo...

Following Lita Cabellut's trajectory, we can affirm that her works are the result of her own passion for life and the need to delve into the complexity of a human soul, whose passions, fears and contr...

The millenary tradition of ceramic art is experiencing a period of splendor thanks to artists such as Barceló, who have contributed both to perpetuate and renew it....

Considered one of the oldest decorative arts, its relative fragility and the difficulty of its creation have turned this art into a symbol of quality and wealth. Considered luxury objects, tapestries...

Seventeenth century tapestries, baroque sculptures, high period ceramics, portraits, paintings on glass, table clocks, niches, important polychrome olotine beds of the eighteenth century ... are some...

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the '92 Barcelona Olympics, Setdart will tender on September 8 two unpublished works by Julian Schnabel and A.R Penck made for the world's greatest sporting eve...

Setdart Subastas will auction on September 13, among many other pieces, Juan José Ontalva's collection of pocket watches, among which we find a wide range of periods, schools and precious metals. Due...