The initiative is part of Christie's Asian Art Week, which will take place at the Rockefeller Plaza galleries in Manhattan. In all, there will be nine auctions (six face-to-face auctions and three online), with an exhibition that will put up for sale a thousand works of art from the East.
But this edition will be historic: for the first time, Christie's International Real Estate, the arm of the century-old auction house dedicated to luxury real estate, will be at this event, to present the best and most exclusive properties in the world. In this way, collectors and art lovers, particularly from Asia and America, will have the opportunity to get to know the most luxurious real estate properties in the world. LUXIMOS Christie's International Real Estate sponsors the event and will showcase the Portuguese architecture and real estate market, in particular that of Porto and of the Algarve, as well as the advantages of acquiring a luxury property in Portugal, namely the Golden Visa programme.
This initiative, hand in hand with the auction house, is part of the internationalization strategy of LUXIMOS Christie’s, being a golden opportunity to present the Portuguese luxury market to bidders and international investors who traditionally attend the auctions of Christie’s. At these exhibitions, LUXIMOS Christie´s presents ultra-luxury properties that, in their overwhelming majority, have as buyers foreign clients with strong financial capacity, many of whom are part of Christie's client portfolio.
If there is a common characteristic of all Asian art, it is the patience of its creators. The glorious works that result from it are eagerly desired by collectors all over the world. Christie's Asian Art Week is, therefore, one of the most anticipated events of the year.
Christie's was the first auction house in the world to incorporate Asian art into its sales catalogue. It was in 2005, long before the arrival of Asian artists on the circuit of major contemporary art exhibitions in the United States, which only happened three years later. For centuries, Asian art has travelled the world, especially through Europe, but American museums, including the most relevant ones in New York, have remained off the circuit. Christie's was thus a pioneer in the commercialization of Asian art in the American territory.
The recent Western access to this market also helps explain the keen interest of investors. The other reason, curators and critics agree, combines the extraordinary beauty and appreciation of contemporary and classical oriental art, including antiques, rare bronzes, porcelain, paintings, furniture, calligraphy of various periods and styles, or exquisite gold and silver objects from Ancient China. And all this will be on sale in New York from 6 September.
