The Italian art market is continuing to rouse enthusiasm and attract the attention of worldwide famous collectors. A sector that has recorded a constant development over the years. Just think of 2007 when Christie’s and Sotheby’s held the Italian Sales in London. The former auction house had totalled 21 billion euros, while Sotheby’s almost took 22 billion. Last year, both auction houses sold 87% of their catalogue works.  A noticeable result for Sotheby’s, whose highest sale estimate reached 16,740,000 euros, thus realizing a 76% spread, almost equalling the success achieved in 2006, when an 80% increase was recorded.  On the contrary, Christie’s achieved 8% less than the highest estimates.

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The 52^nd Venice Biennale “Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense”, has by now been closed for a while, to be precise, since November 21^st 2007. The exhibition curated by Robert Storr, was held as usual in the traditional Biennale location: Arsenale Corderie and Artiglierie and in the Padiglione Italia at the Giardini, and in other sites in and around Venice’s town centre registering 319,332 visitors - the most attended Biennale in the past twenty years.