Traveller’s Eye | Selected Works from the Francisco Capelo Asia Collection
by Collective & Francisco Capelo
Southeast Asian Art from the Francisco Capelo Collection, Lisboa
Type: hardback
Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, London
Published: July 2021
Authors: Collective & Francisco Capelo
Pages: 392
ISBN: 978 1 78551 322 0
Language : English
One of the most exciting (and controversial) art collections in Europe, the Francisco Capelo Asia Collection holds rare pieces from all around the subcontinent, China and India.
The book is available on pre-order here.
Contributors: Francisco Capelo, Alexandra Curvelo, Hedi Hinzler, Sushma Jansari, Fiona Kerlogue, Regina Krahl, Yannick Laurent, Linda S. McIntosh, George Michell, Dhiravat na Pombejra, David Priestley, Manuel João Ramos, Dawn Rooney, Anne-Valérie Schweyer, Peter D. Sharrock and Donald Stadtner.
Tags: art collections, Thailand, Burma, Myanmar, Indonesia
About the Authors
Collective
Francisco Capelo
A self-made art collector and a Portuguese writer who has explored Oriental mysticism and esoterism, Francisco Capelo (1955, Lisbon) founded in 2001 the Museu da Marioneta (Museum of Puppetry) in the Convent of Bernardas, a rich collection of Asian and African masks and theater puppets, and one year later the Museu do Design e da Moda (Museum of Design and Fashion, MUDE).
As a broker, Francisco Capelo worked with several financial corporations (Banco Português do Atlântico, Totta, Banif) in the 1990s and 2000s, contributing to the wealth of a Portuguese tycoon, Joe Berardo, and getting involved in controversial affairs that led him to leave the country for several years.
A visual artist since his youngest years (he was selling his own paintings at age 11, according to himself), he took a crucial part in gathering important art collections in Portugal, such as the Museu Coleção Berardo, Casa da Ásia (opened in 2018), MUDE, Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Museu do Azulejo, and Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga.