Farewell to Claudio Poleschi, historic gallery owner and founder of Art Share

Claudio Poleschi, owner of the historic contemporary art gallery of the same name, passed away at the age of 73 from an illness. From 1973 to 2018 his gallery was based in Lucca, then from 2021 it had moved to San Marino. In 2019 he had also founded, together with Maurizio Fontanini and with the collaboration of Fabio Cavallucci, Art Share, an online platform dedicated to the art market where works are sold by shares.

He was currently working on hosting in his exhibition space the Altana exhibition by Stefano Arienti (Asola, 1961), curated by Fabio Cavallucci and open to the public from September 18, 2022 to January 31, 2023.

Tuscan by origin, over the course of his long career he has undertaken many collaborations with famous artists, including Adrian Paci, Santiago Serra, Bertozzi & Casoni (who inaugurated the San Marino venue with the Evergreen exhibition), Osvaldo Licini, Wael Shawky, Jannis Kounellis, Gilberto Zorio, and Gian Marco Montesano.

“Anyone who had a question, he had the answer,” recalls Ida Pisani, owner of Prometeo Gallery and Poleschi’s wife: they were very close in life and work. “Tireless, always attentive to every need, when there was a piece of work to be fixed, he would get ingenious and do it himself, he was extraordinary,” adds a source close to him. His friend Fabio Cavallucci also remembers him: “Claudio Poleschi, a generous man and capable gallery owner, has just left us. Active until the last with new ideas and new projects, he leaves a void in all those who were close to him. A big hug to Ida, his trusted collaborator Umberto and his sons Giacomo and David.”

Farewell to Claudio Poleschi, historic gallery owner and founder of Art Share

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