About us
The Ventura Collection originated in the 1950s through the initiative of Manuel Gonçalves Torres
Júnior, a Portuguese entrepreneur in the dredging sector with significant activity in Spain and northern
Portugal. The collection was subsequently developed by his grandson, João Ventura, who began
collecting at the age of sixteen and has since become a recognized figure in both the national and
international art scenes.
The Ventura collection has works of various artists from old masters to contemporary art, and has more than 300 works. A special highlight for paintings by Cezanne, Damnien Hirst, Keith Haring,
Picasso, Goya, Salvador Dali, Paula Rego, Vieira da Silva and Joana Vasconcelos.
In the last 20 years, the focus has been on Spanish painting of the 17th 18th, and 19th centuries.
Art Market
Art also has aesthetic and social value, influencing personal image
creating a family legacy, signifying an enterprise-culture, and raising a
nation's cultural profile.
Investing in art can be passion, but also a good investment.
In the last decades, according to Knight Frank, the average growth of
the art market has always been above 10 percent annually-
The forecasts include the growing number of Asian buyers and
demands for Asian art fueled the growth of the internationall art market
and will remain with a continuous stimulus.
Moreover, Social media has changed the way traditional buyers
Identify artworks to buy potentially. According to Forbes, "social media
has become the primary way consumers discover art.
