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From auction to museum. Artworks sold at Setdart enhance public collections

How does a museum come to build its collection? Museums are institutions designed to expand the knowledge and history of each place and its society, a beacon of knowledge that evolves over time and, therefore, must move forward. Take, for example, the

Old Masters

Royal Collections Gallery: a treasure to be discovered

Undoubtedly, the recent inauguration of the royal collections’ art gallery was one of the cultural events of the year. Its opening on July 8 aroused great expectation, achieving, with a total of 57,842 visitors, according to data provided by Patrimonio Nacional, a

Holidays

No summer without art

The holidays are coming and with them the moment to enjoy all those plans that we have been waiting for for a long time. Among all of them, cultural leisure will always be a great option to escape from our routine, traveling

Photography

Richard Avedon: the photographer who never goes out of style

Richard Avedon, internationally known for his work in fashion magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, lands at Setdart with one of the greatest icons in the history of fashion: Dorian Leigh. Few photographers in the 20th century have been as decisive

Photography

Richard Avedon: the photographer who never goes out of style

The ode to pictorial values proclaimed by post-pictorial abstraction finds in the monochrome paintings of Joseph Marioni a magnificent heir. Among the painters that the American artist Joseph Marioni admits to admire are Matisse, Bonnard, Van Gogh, O’Keeffe or Marc Rothko… Although

Animal worship in ancient Egypt

Throughout all times, something that defines us as humans is our ambition to know and explain the reason for what surrounds us: the flight of birds, rain or death. Science, philosophy and even religion have tried to offer explanations for these questions,

Old Masters

The path to the Renaissance, Spanish painting around 1500

The 15th century is perhaps one of the most important periods in history and the turning point on the road to the modern world. This time of change is the scenario in which the Middle Ages are gradually abandoned until the arrival

Sculpture

The sacred space of Jorge Oteiza

With the artistic avant-gardes, art underwent a true revolution that meant the complete modernization of the traditional sculptural language. At the national level, this renovation is engraved with the name of Jorge Oteiza. Jorge Oteiza’s sculpture and thought find their origin and

20th Century Painting

Manolo Valdés, reinventing art history

Faced with the works of Manolo Valdés we cannot help but wonder what Velázquez, Matisse or Picasso would think when they saw their transfigured masterpieces. Be that as it may, what is absolutely certain is the resounding international success that the Valencian

19th Century Painting

Celso Lagar : the circus painter

The tragicomic sense with which Celso Lagar represented the circus world reveals one of the most applauded aspects of his career. The relevance acquired by the circus world between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century

19th Century Painting

Treasures from the Montpensier collection

There are few places in our country that are more surrounded by attraction and mystery as the Palace of San Telmo and its dwellers, the Dukes of Montpensier. These two names have always gone hand in hand with endless gossip and rumors

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From auction to museum. Artworks sold at Setdart enhance public collections

Royal Collections Gallery: a treasure to be discovered

No summer without art

Richard Avedon: the photographer who never goes out of style

Richard Avedon: the photographer who never goes out of style

Animal worship in ancient Egypt

The path to the Renaissance, Spanish painting around 1500

The sacred space of Jorge Oteiza

Manolo Valdés, reinventing art history

Celso Lagar : the circus painter

Treasures from the Montpensier collection

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