Independent Collectors

World Art Collection

Dores Sacquegna shares a selection of works from her personal collection.

XIAO LU, Open Fire, 2005. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
XIAO LU, Open Fire, 2005. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy

In her first IC Online Exhibition, Sacquegna shares a selection of works from her personal collection and tells us what she would like to do with the artworks she has already amassed.

“My collection is called “World Art Collection” and is divided by different disciplines, generations and origins of the artists. It all started in 1997 when I was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague where I was studying Engraving and Lithography. I was fascinated with the world of graphic arts, illustration, printmaking, the Japanese Ukiyo-e and the Ex Libris of Eastern Europe. Whilst in Prague I came into contact with engravers, antique dealers and local galleries where I bought many works and art books (mostly from the 60s to the 80s) by different mediums and artists from Prague, Pilsen, Frankfurt, Linz and Budapest. Many of them are internationally known as: Josef Manes, Emmerich Alois Hruška, Dagmar Berkovǎ, Alfred Fuchs, Josef Herčik, Jaroslav Chudomel, Ladislav Kašpar, František Peterka, Ruda Švǎb, Jiři Švengsbir, Helmut Ackermann, Ellen Beck, Jǜrgen Dost, Rudolf Grobe, Rudolf Koch, Friedrich Rasmus, Siegmund Sos, Rudolf Warneckee and many more.

From printmaking to photography, the step was small. Having the passion for printmaking –I’m an artist too – I experienced the first photo-etched in a print laboratory in Rome in 1999. I worked with many artists in Rome, Lecce and abroad and with the gallery Primo Piano LivinGallery. I always had a good relationship and respect with my artists and have followed them through their careers, I wrote critical texts about the works, as well as managing and curating group and solo exhibitions. One of the most important retrospective exhibitions we did was dedicated to Hermann Nitsch in 2006, as there were many years that the artist did not have an exhibition in a private gallery.

From 1997 up until today, I have collected many works of photography, painting, sculpture, installation, light boxes, and video art from internationally recognized artists, such as Hermann Nitsch, Xiao Lu, Massimo Attardi, Vanessa Beecroft, Paolo Consorti, Guillaume Liffran, Pam Longobardi, Gabriela Morawetz, Luisa Raffaelli, Elisa Laraia, Yu Zhaoyang, James Clancy, Grimanesa Amoros, Marthe Keller, Alessandro Passaro, Giulio De Mitri, Francesco Schiavulli, Salvatore Sava, Matthew Barney, Erwin Olaf, Ugo Nespolo, Carlo Bernardini, Eugenio Recuenco and also many young artists from Latin America as Astolfo Funes, Carlos Anzola, Roberto Notarfrancesco, Alberto Riera and Jose Ortega Coronel.

I am currently working as an independent curator in Italy and abroad, as well as looking for somewhere to house the collection! Having invested so much time, money and energy into the collection, I do not have the ability to buy or to rent a large space to exhibit it. My dream for the future is to find cultural entrepreneurs and patrons that can help me to manage this interesting art collection by offering an adequate and permanent exhibition space in Italy. It is here, specifically in Lecce, that I am hoping to make an art foundation – a dynamic and open space, dedicated to artistic experimentation, as it has been my gallery, as well as a space dedicated to the collection. My aim is to help both young people and adults to learn about contemporary art and encourage them to have a respect for multiculturalism.”

PAM LONGOBARDI, Sappho’s Mirror II, 2010. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
PAM LONGOBARDI, Sappho’s Mirror II, 2010. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
ALFRED FUCHS, Untitled, 1976. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
ALFRED FUCHS, Untitled, 1976. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
HELMUT ACKERMANN, Ex Libris, 1980. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
HELMUT ACKERMANN, Ex Libris, 1980. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
FRANTIŠEK PETERKA, Untitled, 1976. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
FRANTIŠEK PETERKA, Untitled, 1976. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
MARTHE KELLER, H.C.E.''S Nightletter, 2011. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
MARTHE KELLER, H.C.E.''S Nightletter, 2011. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
EMMERICH ALOIS HRUŠKA, Balada O Katu, 1945. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
EMMERICH ALOIS HRUŠKA, Balada O Katu, 1945. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
BELA LIMENAS, Sirenas, 2014. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
BELA LIMENAS, Sirenas, 2014. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
GABRIELA MORAWETZ, Almost in the Dark, 2005
GABRIELA MORAWETZ, Almost in the Dark, 2005
ASTOLFO FUNES, Mala Praxis, 2008. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
ASTOLFO FUNES, Mala Praxis, 2008. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
ALESSANDRO PASSARO, Soluzioni, 2012. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
ALESSANDRO PASSARO, Soluzioni, 2012. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
MASSIMO ATTARDI, Untitled, 2005. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
MASSIMO ATTARDI, Untitled, 2005. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
GIULIO DE MITRI, Azzurra, 2006. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy
GIULIO DE MITRI, Azzurra, 2006. Courtesy Primo Piano LivinGallery, Italy

Italy (35)

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Fondazione Brodbeck

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Collezione De Iorio

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Collezione Taurisano

Initiated by Paolo Taurisano in the 1970s, this collection now flourishes thanks to his son Francesco and daughter-in-law Sveva D’Antonio

Collezione Maramotti

Interview with the senior coordinator Sara Piccinini

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Art park that fuses sculpture, architecture, and landscape

The Great Women Artists Residency

Palazzo Monti presents the third annual Great Women Artists Residency

Palazzo Monti

Take a look inside the both historic and fresh beauty of Palazzo Monti in Brescia, who we welcome as new to IC.

Mollino/Insides

The current temporary exhibition at Collezione Maramotti is in collaboration with Turin’s Museo Casa Mollino and has been organised on the occasion of this years Fotografia Europea.

Two Thoughts with Svenja Deininger

See inside the stunning light filled & open industrial spaces showcasing painting & various projects in the corridors of the Max Mara factory.

The Bisazza Foundation

The collection which honours the appreciation for design and architecture.

Giorgio Fasol

An interview with one of Italy’s most prominent collectors of contemporary art.

Go With the Gut

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Two Ideas of Beauty

In many ways the Collezione De Iorio, like the ancient Roman god Janus, is two-faced.

Foto Project Book

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Because Of Many (Taurisano) Suns

View inside this private home and Naples-based collection, where young and active collecting couple Francesco and Sveva Taurisano live.

The Videoinsight® Method Part II

The collection that selects contemporary art containing high psychological impact.

Castello di Ama per l’Arte Contemporanea

The result of the passion of four Roman families.

Dancing with Myself

The Museum Folkwang exhibited works from Venice’s Pinault Collection.

Non-Aligned Modernity

Eastern-European Art from the Marinko Sudac Collection.

Three Explorations To Be Repeated As Necessary…

Contemporary art and mythology amongst uncovered ancient Greek ruins in the converted Palazzo basement.

Fondazione Morra Greco

This Neapolitan palace houses the collection of dentist Maurizio Morra Greco.

‘La Pelle’ and ‘Luogo e Segni’ – Pinault Collection

Venice’s Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana see the exhibitions ‘La Pelle’ and ‘Luogo e Segni’ for 2019.

Fondazione Opera

Guido Galimberti Online Exhibition

Nature is Equilibrium

Installation views from the Fondazione Merz

Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone

Searching for strong feelings of humanity within paintings, sculptures and drawings.

The (Italian) Factory

With his collection, Maramotti intended to mirror the evolution of the most advanced artistic thinking of his time and as a result has created one of the most exciting private collections in Italy.

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

Italian art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo talks to Agnese Čivle about spontaneous art buying, the difference between collecting names and works and her Turin-based art foundation.

A Portrait of My Soul

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The Videoinsight® Method Part I

Ten years ago, Turin based art collector and psychotherapist Rebecca Russo, began showing art to her patients

Sensus Collection

Located on the first two floors of a 1960s building in Florence you’ll find the Sensus Collection.

Antonio Dalle Nogare

On the occasion of this year’s Venice Biennale Independent Collectors spoke with collector Antonio Dalle Nogare from the ADN Collection about which pavilions and specific art pieces stood out for him and why.

CARMELO GRACI

“Buying ‘difficult’ works gives shape to a collection, which otherwise would be standardized on all the others.”

MATTEO NOVARESE

Collector of the SOF:ART Collection