What is the profile of Italian collectors of modern and contemporary art? What are your collecting strategies, motivations and preferred purchasing channels? Which works characterize the collections and how are they valorised? Is there a national character of Italian collecting? Questions he tries to answer Collectors and value of art in Italy – 2024the third volume of the editorial series promoted by Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking in collaboration with the Art, Culture and Historical Heritage Department and the Studies and Research Department.
Italian collectors still focus above all on paintings (89%), but also select other goods such as books (29%), design objects (22%), watches (16%), jewels and valuables (11%), wine and spirits (7%), coins and stamps (5%), vintage cars and motorbikes (4%), also looking at NFTs and digital art (3%). The majority of collectors (30%) are between 50 and 59 years old. The under 39s stand at 12% and their number, together with the 40-49 year olds (15%), has increased significantly compared to the previous edition (+100%).
As regards gender, women are increasing with 40% of female respondents, compared to 58% male. As for educational qualifications, university degrees and diplomas are confirmed as the most common levels of education (44%) followed by doctorates, master’s degrees and specialization schools (29%).
Collectors and the value of art in Italy investigates the world of art and collecting, with two focuses on restricted goods and design. Inside there is a survey on Italian collectors, with an analyzed sample of 280 respondents, on a panel of 6,398 collectors. The art and collectibles market has been considered, for more than a decade now, a consolidated economic sector , the subject of growing attention from analysts, scholars, credit institutions and institutional investors.
It is also accepted collectables they were perceived as “safe haven assets”, although few collectors purchased them to invest, they are now considered autonomous financial instruments and investments, alternative – or rather complementary – to the more traditional ones, representing a distinct asset class. The volume is divided into five chapters, each dedicated to a collecting topic, and hosts texts by Guido Guerzoni, Flaminia Iacobucci, Alberto Fiz, Silvia Anna Barrilà, Paola Musile Tanzi, Francesca Bacis, Andrea de’ Mozzi, Enrico Maria Mancuso, Federica Menga, Edoardo Pedersoli, Mattia Pivato and Michele Coppola.
“The third volume of the editorial series is full of ideas, starting from the chapter dedicated to the design market, which traces the history of this sector, one of the brightest art sectors also in 2023” explains Andrea Ghidoni, director general Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking. “A theme of great importance is that dedicated to works of art restricted by the State and the limits that they encounter in circulation outside the national territory. We hope to be able to offer new stimuli for reflection with this publication, in the awareness that art always carries an identity value that must be protected”.
Finally, the volume contains a space dedicated to the Intesa Sanpaolo collection, with the most recent acquisitions, the management of constraints, the fair value revaluation program and the new exhibition itineraries of the Gallerie d’Italia.
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