Venice wants to sell the paintings of Klimt and Chagall from the Museum collections to cover the debts
ARTinvestment.RU   13 октября 2015

It is including about the painting by Gustav Klimt "Judith II (Salome)" with rating of 70 million euros

the Mayor of Venice Brugnaro Luigi (Luigi Brugnaro) said that the municipality plans to sell several valuable works of art from Museum collections to cover the debts of the city. Among the works planned for sale, the masterpiece of Gustav Klimt's "Judith II (Salome)" in 1909, and the work Marc Chagall and several other authors, not directly related to the history and culture of Venice. For a work of art is planned to rescue up to 400 million Euro@

Painting Klimt "Judith II (Salome)" is now in the collection of International galleries of contemporary art Palace of CA ' Pesaro. Previously it was estimated at 70 million euros (79.6 million dollars).

"Debt hampered economic recovery of Italy. If we were to reduce huge weight falls from our shoulders. Venice would like to be an example for other cities in Italy," says the mayor Brugnaro@

"Venice is destroyed. I don't want to take any more from tourists, it's not in my rules. However, such a unique city like Venice, cannot cope alone with problems of this magnitude, says the mayor, prior to their appointment engaged in entrepreneurial activities. — Soon we will have nothing to Finance kindergartens". This year alone, the debt of Venice was 64 million Euro@

Many important monuments of Venice require immediate restoration. Happen collapse of the facades. In conditions when the city Treasury is not able to allocate funds for repairs, the money is provided by private sponsors — for example, fashion dome@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru