In this stimulating project of transitioning an event with such an illustrious past towards an ever greater future, the most important in Italy and one of the few on a truly global level, Moretti is supported by an equally motivated Steering Committee.
It is chaired by Dario Nardella with Giovanna Folonari and Enrico Frascione as vice presidents. In addition to Moretti himself, Riccardo Bacarelli, Massimo Bartolozzi, Alessandra Di Castro, Fabrizio Guidi Bruscoli, Carlo Orsi (President of the Italian Antiquarian Association), Giovanni Pratesi, Luigi Salvadori (representing Assoindustria Firenze) and Furio Velona (President Association of Antique Dealers of Florence). To compose a precise mix of experts, to represent the best of Florentine and Italian antiques.
The Committee of the International Antiques Market Exhibition is, in turn, made up of the Municipality of Florence, the Syndicate of Antique Dealers of Florence and the Province, the Association of Antique Dealers of Italy; by the Friends of the Florence Antiques Biennale Association. In short, a Biennale with a very solid, structured and tested structure, starting from 1959, the date of the first of the current 29 editions.
Fabrizio Moretti, as a genuine Tuscan, knows the history and grandeur of the a manifestation has been conducted which is now entrusted to him.
“Being unrivaled in Italy and seeing the most important world events in the sector as equals is no longer sufficient today. I think a further step is needed: we want to be the most qualified, broad, fascinating showcase of the great Italian artistic tradition.
Italian art is still much loved in the world, even if it has to contend with new fashions and trends. Those who love it, collect it and still want to get to know it must know that the real, unmissable showcase can be found in Palazzo Corsini. Here every two years the most qualified antique dealers exhibit their best pieces, to present them to connoisseurs from all over the world.
So a "brutal" selection of who exhibits and what is exhibited, based on the excellence of quality.
Guaranteed and safe quality is a matter of course for an event of this level. The vetting committee made up of unassailable experts supervises each piece and the Command of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit supervises the origin.
Exceptional pieces that the buyer can take home anywhere in the world, as they will have already passed the export paperwork.
Our guests must feel at home, welcomed by a beautiful city like Florence, by a sumptuous palace like Palazzo Corsini, admiring the superb works of the stands set up by Pier Luigi Pizzi, meeting each other, relaxing, enjoying the magnificence of the Salone del Throne which, for the first time, will not be a commercial area but a “living room” for our visitors. A magnificent place to exchange opinions and emotions.
I dream of a slow Biennial, a place of achievable dreams, where it is nice to linger, look, examine, compare, choose as if you were in a living room at home, on an evening with friends united by a wonderful passion: that for great art
My ideal model is not any other antique show, but a music festival, the one held every year in the Swiss town of Verbier: here, in a dream landscape, in a beautiful setting, enthusiasts from all over the world meet, a large and always fresh club of friends. To enjoy the best of great music. A Festival where every moment has the charm of magic, to be experienced as protagonists.
This is how I like to imagine our next Biennale: refined, magical and truly open to the world".
