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29/05/2024

“Thanks to my role I can experience the art market from a fresh perspective”- meet Francesca Sinagra, Fine Art Junior Underwriter at ARTE Generali Italia.

🎥 In the video Francesca shares what she loves most about ARTE Generali and how she brings her passion for art to her role.

21/05/2024

Today Johannes Kasek, Senior Underwriter at ARTE Generali Germany, shares with us how ARTE Generali is using the latest digital technologies and leveraging AI to 💥 simplify 💥 processes.

💡 Together with our cutting-edge tech partners Speak Art and Wondeur, we have developed solutions for both professionals and for the art community.
🎥 Watch the video to learn more and stay tuned.

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Heute berichtet Johannes Kasek, Senior Underwriter bei ARTE Generali Deutschland, wie ARTE Generali die neuesten digital technologies einsetzt und AI nutzt, um Prozesse zu 💥 vereinfachen 💥.

💡 Gemeinsam mit unseren hochmodernen tech Partnern Speak Art und Wondeur haben wir Lösungen sowohl für Professionals als auch für die Kunstszene entwickelt.

🎥 Sehen Sie sich das Video an und erfahren Sie mehr.

Galerie Stefan Vogdt, Copyright: Ola Kolehmainen, Ernst Gamperl, Rotraut, Markus Priller

16/05/2024

🚀 We're thrilled to announce that we're teaming up with Generali Hong Kong to bring our assistance and expertise on protection and risk management to the vibrant Hong Kong art market.

💡 “With a thriving art community and dynamic collectors, Hong Kong presents an exciting opportunity for us.”- says Jean Gazançon Gazancon, CEO of ARTE Generali.

🎥 Watch the video to learn more

23/04/2024

03/04/2024

🔍 In a world where preservation and protection of our artistic and cultural heritage are paramount, the Facility Report is the cornerstone for assessing the condition of a building that contains the artworks.

In her latest article, Cristina Resti - Art expert and Art Network Manager at ARTE Generali – shares her insights into this crucial tool.

🏛️ The Facility Report assesses the condition and performance of buildings that house collections and visitors, covering aspects such as construction type, facility management, maintenance and security.

Beyond its technical function, the Facility Report plays a key role in communication:

1. It allows managers to monitor safety components and collaborate with various professionals such as risk managers, conservators and curators.
2. It provides lenders with critical information about security measures when loaning works of art.
3. It acts as a reference for operators and service providers, including insurance companies, guiding them in understanding building characteristics and organization.

📰 ENG - Read the Facility Report here:
👉 https://artegenerali.com/articles/collection-tips/facility-report

📰 ITA - Scarica il Facility Report in italiano qui:
👉https://artegenerali.com/it/articles/collection-tips/il-facility-report

28/03/2024

Holidays are a time to recharge and relax, so we want to help you prepare to leave with peace of mind. We once again provide you with our checklist of important TODO's that you should not neglect before you leave your property.

💡 📢 Iris Handke - Chief Underwriting Officer and International Business Manager
at ARTE Generali:" It is often underrated how important it is to have someone check on the property, take in the mail, water the plants, make sure that everything is okay and react if it isn't. A pipe burst for example can cause a lot of damage in a very short time. And if this goes unnoticed for two weeks, there is not only the water to deal with, but potentially mold as well. Getting help quickly is key! ".

Let´s check together:
✔️Did you check if the alarm system is working properly?
✔️Did you inform your security company about your holidays schedule? While you are talking to them, make sure to review and update the intervention plan if necessary
✔️Did you appoint someone to come and check that everything is fine with your property on a regular basis?
✔️Did you prepare a list of emergency contacts for this person to cover any scenario such as water leak, theft etc.?
✔️Did you put all your jewelry in the safe?
✔️Have you considered storing your jewelry in a bank vault? If so, don’t forget to check with your broker and your insurance company how to go about this.
✔️Are all water taps closed?
✔️Are all electronic devices that are not needed unplugged?
✔️Did you lock up the property? All windows and doors closed and locked?
✔️Did you turn on the alarm before leaving?

📌ARTE Generali assistance and protection solutions: Arte Products - EN | Arte Generali

26/03/2024

💡 Are you ready for some food for thought? ARTE Generali’s tech partner @ Wondeur Ai invites us to think about the role of AI when investing in Art.

21/03/2024

🗣️ "Art and Culture could be also a strong attractor and magnet when it comes to sustainability" remarked Stefano Denicolai, Full Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Pavia and Chairman of ITIR - Institute for Transformative Innovation Research. His insights were shared during our recent event "Art and Culture as Drivers of Sustainable Development" held in collaboration with Banca Generali, Deloitte, and ITIR - Institute for Transformative Innovation Research of the University of Pavia, last January in Milano, Italy.

📊 The study focused on organizations that hold cultural assets or/and promote cultural initiatives, looking in particular at their ability to measure and communicate the social and economic impact of their activities.

💡 This initiative aims not only to highlight existing practices but also to develop transparent and collaborative policies. Our objective is to promote social cohesion, inclusion, and participation through accessible arts and culture.

🎥 Here is Professor Stefano Denicolai discussing the next steps to develop the research further.

Get in touch with the research team if you are interested in taking part in the next phase of the study! Contact them at the following email: [email protected]

19/03/2024

🗣️ “During the last 20 years we have seen a change of patterns in the climatic event – directly linked to the global warming.” says Jean Gazancon, CEO at ARTE Generali. 🌍 Climate change doesn't just threaten our environment, it also threatens our culturalheritage. 🏛️

ARTE Generali is a partner in the CHARISMA project, launched co-funded by the European Union in response to the urgent challenges posed by climatechange. The main objective of the project is to identify new tools and methodologies to protect cultural heritage from the risks posed by the various effects of global warming.

At ARTE Generali, our main objective is to protect art and the intrinsic cultural heritage that art transmits from one generation to the next. This is why we are taking a proactive approach, using our deep expertise in art insurance and risk management to effectively address potential threats.

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15/03/2024

🎤 On Friday 8th March, to coincide with the opening of in Maastricht, ARTE Generali presented with Apollo - The International Art Magazine a discussion chaired by Edward Behrens at the Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof.

The panelists were Sarah Done (Director, Restitution at Christie’s), Professor Doctor Barbara Plankensteiner (Director of MARKK, Hamburg and co-founder of Benin Dialogue Group) and Christopher A. Marinello (CEO, Art Recovery International).

💡 Watch video through the summary below to get an idea of the points that were raised and read the full article here: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/is-restitution-always-right-a-talk-at-tefaf-maastricht/

Panelists photo credit David Owens

14/03/2024

At ARTE Generali we live and breathe art every day. Art inspires, challenges, and enriches us. It speaks to each of us in a unique way, resonating with our life experiences and personalities.

Today we share our team's TEFAF favorite finds. Each piece holds a special place in our hearts for unique reasons

Jean Gazançon, CEO of ARTE Generali - “The Galerie Leage gave us the opportunity to see how diverse cultural influences contribute to create masterpieces such as this XVII century French cabinet combining Italian Pietra dura works and Flemish marquetry”.

Iris Handke, Chief Underwriting Officer and International Business Manager - “Being an admirer of the Chinese Tang Sculptures, I was immediately caught by the demeanour and expressiveness of this little guardian and his friend”.

Cristina Resti, Art Expert and Art Network Manager - “The frame plays a crucial role in art, serving not only as an aesthetic embellishment but also as a boundary and protection. Insurance can be likened to a frame, defining the artwork by focusing our attention on the risks it faces and providing protection. It suggests guidelines for the best practices in the management of the artwork, both when on display and during transport”.

Leonie Mellinghoff, Head of Art Relations and Communication - “Every stroke is perfectly placed, the composition is clearly structured. Degas manages to make us feel like we are in the room with the dancers”.

Francesca Sinagra, Junior Fine Art Underwriter - “I have always been intrigued by the evolution of the iconography of Adam and Eve, the Flemish painting in this painting highlights the colors and details in a unique, intriguing and mysterious way”.

Marco Umberto Lo Presti, Sales Underwriter - “This impressive work gave me the opportunity to immerse myself in a culture seemingly far away from Western rationale, demonstrating how literature and art are able to transcend any time, space and artificial boundaries”.

Camilla M., Head of Digital and Partnerships - “With intuitive, emotive manipulations of color and an expansive vocabulary of short, quick, loose brushstrokes, this painting made me think that in art there is no past and no future. Art lives in our present”.

Johannes Kasek, Senior Underwriter - “Is it a claim or just a trompe l‘oeil? However you should better be well insured”.

Julia Ries, Head of ARTE Generali Germany - “The so-called Atmos clock from 1930 is a very early atmospheric clock: a coveted collector's item as a table clock and a special rarity as a wall clock with a gold-plated case. Jean-Léon Reutter was the inventor of the Atmos clock, which draws its drive energy for winding the mainspring from the smallest fluctuations in temperature. A temperature change of 1 Kelvin is sufficient for an operating time of around 48 hours!”

Caroline De Combarieu, Head of ARTE Generali France - “I liked the humanity of the virgin and the kindness of the child. I was impressed by the very high quality standard”.

11/03/2024

Is Restitution Always Right?" was the topic of a panel discussion organized by ARTE Generali in collaboration with Apollo – The International Art Magazine at the Museum aan het Vrijthof on the occasion of TEFAF2024.

💡 Restitution is clearly a complex subject. The competing claims between institutions and individuals and where responsibility lies were discussed, and from the collectors' point of view it became very clear that they need to be responsible for doing the work to establish provenance. As well as taking the laws into account, there is an ethical dimension to restitution, which is about returning property to the rightful owners from whom it was looted or removed, and this is where it gets more complicated: it requires a lot of understanding, professional assistance and a very measured attitude to the history of the object. Without that, the art market will not work as it should.

💡To conclude, some take-aways from the conversation:
✔️ do your homework,
✔️ be careful, and
✔️ understand the context of the object or work of art

📷 Pictured, from left to right: Edward Behrens, Editor Apollo Magazine, Sarah Done, Director Restitution at Christie’s, Jean Gazançon , CEO ARTE Generali, Christopher A. Marinello, Esq., CEO Art Recovery International LLC, Prof. Dr. Barbara Plankensteiner, Director of MARKK, Hamburg and Co-Founder of the Benin Dialogue Group. Picture © David Owens