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Collector’s guide: 10 tips for buying Chinese ceramics

4 Oct 2022

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....

Manel Cusí: the sublimated beauty of ballet

3 Oct 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Chests: Treasures in themselves.

23 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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,...

Antonio Saura: the faces of the abyss

22 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Digital art in the current artistic context

20 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

5 curiosities about the life and work of Lita Cabellut

19 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Miquel Barceló and the renovation of the millenary art of ceramics

14 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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....

The art of tapestry; weaving history.

12 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Private collection to be auctioned next September 14 and 15

6 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Julian Schnabel and A.R Penck: the artists that CO0B’92 censored at the Barcelona Olympics

5 Sep 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Why invest in pocket watches?

29 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

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...

Making the human divine

25 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

How could we distinguish a portrait of a 17th century knight from that of a saint? The tradition of Christian art for millennia has taken on a tool to help us differentiate it and thus recognize the m...

The Mallorcan landscape as inspiration

17 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

Works such as "Cala Lluch Alcari" by Tarrassó show the undoubted attraction that the Mallorcan landscape has exerted in the artistic panorama of the early twentieth century....

Pocket watch accessories, a complement to men’s clothing.

15 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

Pocket watches have always been considered a symbol of dignity and wealth, being an indispensable accessory for the wealthy classes. Clocks first appeared in France in the 15th century, although the...

Victor Mira: the beauty of the tragic

12 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

The richness, complexity and stark sensitivity that hides the work of Victor Mira, translucent in the set of works to be tendered on September 8....

Cultural Escapes to enjoy the summer in Catalonia (outside Barcelona)

10 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

Summer is for many of us synonymous with free time, time to discover and, in short, time to do all those activities that our day-to-day lives make difficult for us. Therefore, from Setdart we want to...

Archaeological treasures, discover them this summer

8 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

The Spanish coast is one of the most attractive places for tourists from all over the world. In addition to the climate, it has true archaeological jewels and interesting vestiges of the ancient cultu...

Exhibitions not to be missed this summer in Barcelona

5 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

If you are in Barcelona this August, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy some of the cultural proposals that the city has to offer. From Setdart we encourage you to spend a vacation full of art with...

Andalusia, cradle of Romanticism

2 Aug 2022

Andrea Domenech

Andalusian genre painting takes center stage at Setdart's August 31 auction. Man has always been fascinated by those exotic and distant things, especially by the oriental world. Cultures such as Arab...

Summer’s whims at Setdart

27 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

From Setdart we wanted to combat this hot August with a series of auctions dedicated to all those intrepid people who want to explore and discover the next treasures of their collection. On August 1,...

5 reasons collectors love Patek Philippe

25 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

5 REASONS COLLECTORS LOVE PATEK PHILIPPE Patek Philippe collectors are not like other watch collectors. They don't like to attract attention, which is why they love the understated elegance of Pate...

The Art Toys revolution

22 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

A couple of decades ago a new and revolutionary sector landed in the art market: Art Toys collecting. Far from being a passing fad, everything indicates that this form of artistic expression has come...

The princess of Amarna

15 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

Egypt is undoubtedly an inexhaustible source of mysteries yet to be solved. There is a unique period in history, perhaps one of the most enigmatic and unresolvable, Amarna. About three thousand seven...

Josep Maria Subirachs: classicism and modernity

11 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

The great renovator of post-war Catalan sculpture and one of the most outstanding Spanish sculptors of the national scene of the twentieth century, stars in our July 12 auction with one of his iconic...

“5 emerging artists to look out for at our upcoming auction on July 12.”

6 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

Each Setdart auction is a new project carefully curated by our experts. In our contemporary and current art auctions you will always find the recognized names, but we also bet on young talents. We als...

Art Noveau: The excellence of decorative arts

1 Jul 2022

Andrea Domenech

The set of more than 70 pieces presented at auction on July 5, from an important Catalan private collection, reflect the splendor that the applied arts of glass, porcelain and ceramics lived from the...

Joan Rebull: the sculptor of the eternal and the classic

28 Jun 2022

Andrea Domenech

Through the female figure Joan Rebull, recovered the purest essence of our Mediterranean identity....

The timeless beauty of earrings, a complement to clothing.

27 Jun 2022

Andrea Domenech

The discovery of the so-called Ötzy, the Iceman, a 5000-year-old body in the Italian Alps with an earring in his ear, shows us that earrings have been part of different civilizations since at least th...

Design classics in a contemporary context

27 Jun 2022

Andrea Domenech

What words could define the design? Beauty, ergonomics, functionality, simplicity... A good design is more complex than a functional object, and its definition is broader than a merely aesthetic objec...

Masters in Naples around 1700

20 Jun 2022

Andrea Domenech

The name of the city of Naples has been resonating for almost three thousand years, and for good reason it is one of the oldest and most cultural in the world. From Greeks, to Etruscans and Romans amo...

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