Travel Catalog of the Gaze - Works from Asia in the Francisco Capelo Collection

The Museum Casa-Ásia, Francisco Capelo Collection arises from a collector's fascination with the East, who over twenty-five years has gathered “... with passion and astonishment, about 1300 works of art that encompass a wide variety of supports and are associated with various historical periods and different countries of South, East, and Southeast Asia.”
The collection was created from the beginning with the aim of being exhibited to the public, introducing visitors to religious artifacts, everyday objects, and works of art that circulated among the fourteen countries represented in this collection. The pieces were created for “internal consumption,” that is, without any European interference, which constitutes a truly unprecedented cultural asset.
The criterion for selecting the pieces has always been rarity, integrity, and beauty, and the assembled collection stands alongside prestigious international museums, constituting a new cultural offering in Lisbon.
The opportunity to house the Collection arose in 2017, from the meeting and agreement between the then Provider of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Pedro Santana Lopes, and the collector Francisco Capelo.
The chosen location was a 17th-century palace in Chiado, which after a restoration that earned it a Honorable Mention from Gulbenkian, opened its doors in April 2024.

The Catalogue Traveller’s Eye/ The Journey of the Gaze presents and illustrates 232 selected works from the art collection of Francisco Capelo, as well as several essays by international academics and art historians, who present and contextualize the different pieces.

Authors: Francisco Capelo, Alexandra Curvelo, Raquel Henriques da Silva, Hedi Hinzler, Sushma Jansari, Fiona Kerlogue, Regina Krahl, Yannick Laurent, Linda S. McIntosh, George Michell, Dhiravat na Pombejra, David Priesley, Manuel João Ramos, Dawn Rooney, Anne-Valérie Schweyer, Peter D. Sharrock, Donald M. Stadner

Year of Publication: 2021
Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers
ISBN: 9789899021396 (PT) | 9789899021389 (ENG)

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