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The art of selecting art

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In an increasingly fast-paced and crowded global market, the selection of artists represents a central moment for Trium Art Gallery – a choice that goes far beyond proposing artworks, building instead paths of value and cultural investments designed to endure over time.

Every artist featured in our offering is the result of a careful, methodical, and ongoing study, where expertise and rigor are combined with a profound sensitivity to the quality and authenticity of the artistic research.

Selecting art today means intelligently reading the dynamics that define an artist’s value within the contemporary landscape, avoiding the distractions of fleeting trends or short-term commercial logics.
It means recognizing the strength of a coherent exhibition career, the quality of institutional presence, the relevance of critical reception and publications, the affirmation within primary and secondary markets, and the ability to maintain a solid and respected cultural standing over time.

Value drivers: how a choice is made

Every artist is evaluated based on objective and measurable parameters – the so-called value drivers – which, when interpreted correctly, allow us to identify careers destined for long-term consolidation.

Special attention is paid to the quality of the artist’s exhibition history, participation in major solo and group shows, inclusion in museum collections, and the publication of monographs and catalogues by leading publishers.
Equally important is the monitoring of market signals: entry into major international auction houses, the performance of auction sales, and the geographical distribution of works.

mimmo rotella
Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)
Sconosciuti, 1978, decollage on canvas 135×93 cm

Alongside these elements, Trium Art Gallery constantly monitors the critical reception and cultural positioning of artists, fully aware that institutional recognition – as well as participation in major events like the Venice Biennale or Documenta in Kassel – serve as decisive catalysts for the long-term consolidation of value..

Established and emerging artists: a balance between stability and growth

The offering of Trium Art Gallery develops along two main, complementary directions.
On one hand, the promotion of established artists, already recognized within the modern and contemporary art panorama, capable of offering collectors immediate patrimonial solidity and consolidated market liquidity.

Artists such as Mimmo Rotella, Mario Schifano, Andy Warhol, Franco Angeli, Agostino Bonalumi, Tano Festa, Giorgio Griffa, Donald Baechler and Ellsworth Kelly represent milestones capable of combining historical value, intrinsic quality, and investment reliability.

On the other hand, the research and support for young emerging talents who are able to strongly and originally interpret the most vital currents of contemporary art.

Promoting figures like Patrizia Casagranda, Adam Handler, Soly Cissè, Federico Borroni, Sara Pope and Etsu Egami offers collectors the opportunity to experience the construction of a career, to accompany a talent in its growth, and to participate in a cultural investment that – if supported with intelligence – can evolve into significant future recognition.

etsu egami
Etsu Egami (1994)
It was unsettling that everything I looked at resembled a Cézanne painting, 2022, oil on canvas, 199×156,1 cm
adam handler
Adam Handler (1986)
Under the whisper of revolution girl, 2024, oil stick and acrylic on canvas, 132×193 cm

Investing in established artists offers certainty and stability; investing in emerging talents, on the other hand, provides the excitement of discovery and the opportunity to build a collection with a higher growth potential, both financially and emotionally.

A dynamic and thoughtful selection

The selection of Trium Art Gallery does not simply capture the present but looks to the future with strategic attention.
Alongside the great established names, the Gallery promotes works by artists of growing international relevance, such as Katherine Bernhardt, Zhang Dali, Esther Mahlangu, Owusu-Ankomah, Yasuo Sumi, and Emilio Tadini, in a continuous dialogue between languages, cultures, and geographies.

The focus on new talents is anything but accidental: it is the result of daily research, study, and careful monitoring of market and institutional signals.
Presenting contemporary artworks means, for Trium Art Gallery, taking on the daily task of selecting with method, proposing with expertise, and building with patience.

In the coming months, new carefully selected artists will join the Gallery’s offering, further confirming the commitment to providing cultural and patrimonial journeys of the highest quality to discerning and forward-looking collectors.

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