Madrid these days becomes the world capital of contemporary art. Arco, JustMad, UVNT Art Fair, Art Madrid, the Madrid Design Festival… the city is filled with creativity this month, to the delight of art lovers. In fact, many will be those who take a work home.
So that these works look spectacular at home, we have spoken with the experts of Long live Sotheby’s International Realty, the real estate company that was born to serve art lovers, so that they can offer us some keys to having houses with a lot of art.
For Alejandra Vanoli, General Director of VIVA Sotheby’s International Realty “it is essential to have properties where the walls, spaces and high ceilings allow the works to take center stage and, although it may not seem like it, the location of the house also plays a fundamental role. ”.
It is evident that the pandemic has changed people’s preferences when looking for a house. “The search for outdoor spaces, terraces, gardens and areas where outdoor activities can be carried out is a trend that is on the rise,” explains Alejandra.
However, the stately buildings“even those that have been renovated but that maintain the character, history and tradition, the preferred setting for those who want to exhibit works of art, especially contemporary art for creating contrast between the antiquity of the property and the modernity of the piece”, he concludes.
A good example is this house, located in one of the classic buildings in the Salesas neighborhood of Madrid. The moldings, the robust finishes, and the Versailles-style floors are the best setting to display works of art.
Even if the ceilings are not particularly high, it is not a reason not to dare with large-scale works. Gone is that idea of only exhibiting works of art in the living room or
bedrooms.
Aurora Zubillaga, Managing Director of the Sotheby’s auction house, tells us that “a corridor, a kitchen or even a bathroom are spaces that the vast majority of the time are undervalued as exhibition areas without realizing that being passageways They become a good target.”
In this house located in the upper part of Cala Mayor, very close to Palma de Mallorca, The stair wall has been used as the perfect place to display works of art.
From the auction house, they emphasize that “the very architecture of the space in which you are going to locate the works of art is very important. It is advisable that the area be free of visual stimuli and natural light is the best lighting for works of art to look as they deserve, however, any place is good to display wonderful works.
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