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Setdart Gift Guide 2025: a selection of exclusive gifts

There is no better way to express what we feel than through a unique piece. An object loaded with history, design or artisanal excellence transcends its material value to become a deeply personal gesture. For this reason, in this Setdart 2025 Gift

The history of the Birkin bag: the coveted Hermès icon

Among all the icons of luxury, no accessory has reached legendary status like the Birkin bag. More than an accessory, the Birkin is today a coveted piece, practically inaccessible and turned into an investment object. But its origin – curiously –

20th Century Painting

Antoni Clavé: a master of the avant-garde to be reclaimed

Antoni Clavé (Barcelona, 1913 – Saint-Tropez, 2005) is one of the great protagonists of 20th century European art. His production -rich, varied and deeply personal- constitutes a coherent journey from the intimate portraits of his youth to the resounding and vibrant abstraction

Old Masters

How to look at an antique portrait? A guide to learn how to observe

Antique portraits not only capture faces from the past: they also teach us to read the history, fashion, social hierarchy and psychology of those who played the leading role in each era. To learn how to look at an antique portrait is

Design

Poul Henningsen: when light became art

Scandinavian design has a quality that transcends fashions: its ability to unite beauty and functionality with poetic naturalness. But within that universe, there is one figure who shines with his own light -literally and metaphorically-: Poul Henningsen (1894-1967), the great master of

20th Century Painting·Sculpture

International Klein Blue: Yves Klein and the blue that transformed art

Color is a universal and, at the same time, deeply personal experience. It moves us, commands us, guides us. In art, it becomes a wordless language that communicates that which escapes form. From the mineral pigments of prehistoric caves to today’s digital

Treasures from private collections: from England to the Palace of Fernán Nuñez

Knowing the history and provenance of a work of art is an exciting challenge faced by researchers and collectors. Delving into its past and trajectory can be achieved thanks to the clues that the works themselves leave on their backs: inscriptions, sealing

Bob Dylan: the painting of a poet

Few artists have been able to move between disciplines as naturally as Bob Dylan. Universally known for having transformed the history of popular music, Bob Dylan has demonstrated that his talent transcends words and melody. For decades, his relationship with painting has

Ceramics, porcelain and glass

René Lalique, the Art Nouveau master glassmaker

To speak of René Lalique is to refer to a name that became synonymous with excellence and avant-garde artistic glassmaking in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This visionary master not only redefined the concept of glass, but elevated it from

Art exhibitions worth escaping for this fall 2025

Autumn is, indisputably, a busy time in the art world as most museums inaugurate their new seasons with spectacular art exhibitions. Sometimes there are so many new things to see that it can be difficult to decide where to start. At Setdart,

Sculpture

Chillida and Oteiza: Basque Avant-Garde Sculpture

The transformation of Basque sculpture in the 20th century In the mid-twentieth century, Basque sculpture underwent a profound transformation that placed it on the international art map. In this process of renewal and avant-garde, two figures emerged as indisputable references: Chillida (1924-2002)

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Setdart Gift Guide 2025: a selection of exclusive gifts

The history of the Birkin bag: the coveted Hermès icon

Antoni Clavé: a master of the avant-garde to be reclaimed

How to look at an antique portrait? A guide to learn how to observe

Poul Henningsen: when light became art

International Klein Blue: Yves Klein and the blue that transformed art

Treasures from private collections: from England to the Palace of Fernán Nuñez

Bob Dylan: the painting of a poet

René Lalique, the Art Nouveau master glassmaker

Art exhibitions worth escaping for this fall 2025

Chillida and Oteiza: Basque Avant-Garde Sculpture

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