Author: Area Performance

Our “Christmas” auction on Catawiki ended on December 12th.

Another record to be added to the others, in fact, over 16,000 euro were raised with the beautiful original works created between 1st and 5th November during the community event and those created during the Weekend Art Party in July, with works sold for up to 5,101 euros as in the case of La medusa dei dragoni by Paolo Barbieri.

After the extraordinary result achieved during the pandemic, with more than 14,000 euros raised, our charity auctions are confirmed as the ideal platform to celebrate art and civilization that builds a bridge between the artist and the benefactor. Each work is a testimony to the talent and creativity of great artists who have come together to do charity.

This year the funds will be allocated to:

• Relief for the victims of bad weather in Tuscany. Following the emergency caused by the recent bad weather that hit our beloved region, part of the proceeds will be allocated to a regional fund to help people affected by this natural disaster.

• Emergency support at sea with Emergency. This contribution will be used by EMERGENCY’s Life Support ship to help those who risk their lives in the Mediterranean, which has for years been the most dangerous migratory route in the world: over 20,000 migrants have died or gone missing since 2014, according to the International Organization for Migration ( IOM), an average of six people per day.

• The creation of the first multipurpose center of the Community of Sant’Egidio, where to collect and activate services for the poorest; services such as a canteen, laundry, bathrooms including showers, a classroom to study.

• “Il Giornalino della Paediatrics” for the publication and distribution of a comic in collaboration with the Local Health Authority of Tuscany. This project aims to raise public awareness on issues related to physical and mental health, particularly among young patients.

• Scholarship for “The Sign Comics & Arts Academy”. For the next 3 years, in collaboration with The Sign Comics & Arts Academy we will offer an annual scholarship to cover the entire three-year period of studies to students with an ISEE of less than 26,000 EUR. You will be offered the opportunity to develop your artistic and marketing skills.

In our 25 years we have seen the birth of incredible collaborations such as the “Musketeers of Italian Fantasy Art” (Zontini, Orizio, Parrillo, Barbieri) and the Tolkien calendar Lords for the Ring, a new project is born whose proceeds will be added to the generosity of benefactors of the auction: the Lords for Fantasy calendar, created in collaboration with Eterea Edizioni, which brings together a selection of the best works created within the space where the artists meet together (Together) to work shoulder-to-shoulder and brush- a-brush in creating new artistic contamination. The calendar can still be purchased on the publishing house website.

Thanks to all the artists who donated their talent and time, your commitment will have a concrete impact: Ivana Abbate, Yara Abril Galan, Sergio Algozzino, Chris Ayers, Paolo Barbieri, Daniele Barbugli, Marta Bertagna, Federico Bertolucci, Roberto Bianchi, Ivan Buonino, Ciruelo Cabral, Alessandro Cappuccio, Vanadia Cantaro, Claudio Cappellini, Marco Carloni, Marco Casalvieri, Ivan Cavini, Milivoj Ceran, Candida Corsi, Silvia Corso, Paolo D’Altan, Antonio De Luca, Jesper Ejsing, Paola Fiorentino, Renato Florindi, Annalisa Forghieri, Roberto Fontana, Shivan, Silvia Gadina, Giacomo Galligani, Andrea Gatta, Michele Giorgi, Daniela Giubellini, Lorenzo Giusti, Joan Grenier, Richard Kane-Ferguson, Karl Kopinski, Roman Kutienikov, Fortunata Laurenti, Jim Lee, Cristiana Leone, Emanuele Manfredi, MinaLima, Silena Moni, Angelo Montanini, Micheal Monte Moore, Dany Orizio, Alberto Pagliaro, Beatrice Pelagatti, Andrea Pesi, Andrea Piparo, Michele Poli, Simone Nigraz Pontieri, Fabio Porfidia, Chiara Riva, Alessia Rizzo, Lapo Roccella , Luis and Romulo Royo, Davide Romanini, Nigel Sade, Jacopo Schiavo, Andrea Sfiligoi, Enrico Simonato, Cristiano Soldatich, Marco Soresina, Fabrizio Spadini, Melissa Spandri, Franco Tempesta, Enzo Troiano, Francesca Urbinati, Antonello Venditti, Mihaela Vengher, Martina Volandri , Florinda Zanetti, Elia Zanoni.

Thanks to all the benefactors, every gesture of solidarity counts, we are grateful to each of you.

We are thrilled to announce that an extraordinary event will take place from 1st to 12th December: the Area Performance auction on Catawiki! 🚀

▶️▶️▶️ Link: https://bit.ly/49YhJjC

Unique Works from the Lucca Comics & Games Festival 2023:

The beautiful original works you will find were created in November 2023 to celebrate 25 years of Area Performance at the international Lucca Comics & Games festival. Each work is a testimony to the talent and creativity of great artists who have come together for a charity project. Added to these are those created during the Weekend Art Party at the Hotel Guinigi last summer.

By participating in this auction, you will not only have the chance to win a unique work signed by a great author, but you will also help support these 2 projects:

– the Emergency project linked to emergency support and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea.

– a fund established by the Tuscany region to help people affected by the latest natural disaster linked to bad weather.

Extraordinary Artists in Auction:

Yara Abril Galan, Sergio Algozzino, Chris Ayers, Paolo Barbieri, Federico Bertolucci, Roberto Bianchi, Vanadia Cantaro, Claudio Cappellini, Ivan Cavini, Candida Corsi, Paolo D’Altan, Paola Fiorentino, Renato Florindi, Annalisa Forghieri Shivan, Giacomo Galligani, Michele Giorgi, Daniela Giubellini, Cristiana Leone, Emanuele Manfredi, Silena Moni, Angelo Montanini, Dany Orizio, Alberto Pagliaro, Beatrice Pelagatti, Andrea Pesi, Andrea Piparo, Simone Nigraz Pontieri, Fabio Porfidia, Alessia Rizzo, Davide Romanini, Andrea Sfiligoi, Cristiano Soldatich , Marco Soresina, Melissa Spandri, Franco Tempesta, Francesca Urbinati, Antonello Venditti, Mihaela Vengher, Martina Volandri.

📆 Save the Date: 1 – 12 December on Catawiki!

Don’t miss the opportunity to own a unique work of art and support a noble cause.

We are pleased to share with you an exceptional triumph of generosity and commitment that characterized the auction held on the occasion of Lucca Comics & Games 2023. Thanks to your extraordinary support, we achieved unprecedented results, raising an incredible proceeds of over 60,000 euro.

This extraordinary success is the result of the contribution of over 70 artists who have demonstrated extraordinary dedication. The enthusiasm and active participation of each of you made it possible to achieve this goal.

The activities we will support this year are:

1. “The Paediatrics Journal”
We plan to publish and distribute a comic in collaboration with the USL company. This project aims to raise public awareness on issues related to physical and mental health, particularly among young patients.

2. “Scholarship for The Sign Comics & Arts Academy”
For the next 3 years, we will offer an annual scholarship at the Florentine Academy The Sign Comics & Arts Academy. This scholarship will cover the entire three-year period of study, offering a student the opportunity to develop their artistic and marketing skills.

3. Emergency support at sea with Emergency
Part of the funds raised will be allocated to Emergency, a humanitarian organization involved in rescue work in the Mediterranean sea. This contribution will help provide vital assistance to those in dangerous situations.

4. Relief for the victims of bad weather in Tuscany
Following the emergency caused by the recent bad weather that hit our beloved Tuscan region, part of the funds will be allocated to a regional fund to help people affected by this natural disaster.

Your commitment and generosity are having a positive and lasting impact on the lives of many people. Every gesture of solidarity counts, and we are grateful to each of you who are part of our Area Performance family.

From today, Friday 17 to Sunday 26 March, the auction of the Area Performance Area will be online on Catawiki with over 30 pieces created live during Lucca Comics & Games 2022.

From Angelo Stano to John Blanche, from Chris Riddell to Yoshitaka Amano, up to Steve Argyle and the Italians Franco Brambilla, Gianmarco Veronesi and even Cristina Scabbia, frontwoman of Lacuna Coil. From tomorrow, Friday 17 March, at 12, it will be possible to participate in the charity auction of the Performance Area which will count over 30 works created live during the five days of Lucca Comics & Games 2022, the most significant community event in Europe.

The selection of works can already be viewed on Catawiki, sponsor of Lucca Collezionando, at the following link: http://bit.ly/3TfSstc

The artists up for auction this year will be (in alphabetical order): Angelo Stano, John Blanche, Candida Corsi, Chris Riddell, Claudio Capellini, Cristiana Leone, Cristina Scabbia, Daniela Durisotto, Daniela Giubellini, David Messina, Davide Romanini, Federica Costantini , Florinda Zanetti, Francesca Urbinati, Franco Brambilla, Gianmarco Veronesi, Lapo Roccella, Luca Strati, Marco Soresina, Martina Volandri, Michele Poli, Paola Fiorentino, Roberto Bianchi, Roberto Gigli, Roberto Irace, Steve Argyle and Yoshitaka Amano.

The proceeds will go to Emergency and other charity projects of Area Performance: https://areaperformance.com/progetti/

The annual online auction on the Catawiki.com site has ended with the original pieces made for charity by the great guests of Lucca Comics & Games within the Festival Area Performance: the eagerly awaited appointment for all fans of the world of comics and illustration in search of unpublished and unique tables and illustrations, which started in Lucca Collezionando, led to the collection of over 8.000 euro.

The sum will be entirely allocated to EMERGENCY’s projects in favor of its war plans in Ukraine. Among the activities promoted by the NGO, those to guarantee assistance to refugees in Moldova and Italy and to deliver drugs and medical material to be sent to hospitals in Kiev.

Over 40 original “contended” by fans, works by great national and international names of the level of Don Rosa, Paolo Barbieri, Paul Bonner (three of the artists who have received the most offers) and Paolo Virzì, Joshua Held, Nigel Sade, John Bolton, Luca Strati, Don Alemanno, Jesse Jacobs and many others.

In a special silent auction, a splendid watercolor created by Angelo Stano for the Area Performance during Lucca Comics & Games 2021 was also awarded which featured the famous nightmare investigator Dylan Dog: the magnificent work was sold for over € 2.800.

Extraordinary results that are added to those achieved in over 20 years of life of the project that brings together in Lucca the greatest artists in the world to create images for charity.

On Friday 1 April the auction with some of the works of the greatest artists, cartoonists and fantasy and science fiction illustrators from around the world started on Catawiki in favor of EMERGENCY in support of their intervention for the war in Ukraine.

The auction will be open until April 16, to participate just go to the Catawiki portal at this link: https://bit.ly/3IY53dY

There are 46 lots that make up the auction, with authors such as: Don Rosa, Paolo Barbieri, Paul Bonner, Paolo Virzì, Joshua Held, Nigel Sade, John Bolton, Luca Strati and many others.

By participating in this auction you can not only win a work signed by a great author, but also collaborate in the charity project that for over 20 years has brought together the world’s greatest artists in Lucca to create images for charity.

Here is the link of the specific Emergency project that we will support this year: https://www.emergency.it/cosa-facemo/ucraina/

From today (28 March) the splendid watercolor created by Angelo Stano for Area Performance during Lucca Comics & Games 2021 which depicts the famous nightmare investigator Dylan Dog (watercolor on paper 35×50 cm) is up for auction.

The proceeds will be donated to Emergency in support of their intervention for the war in Ukraine.

The auction will take place in silent mode, or you can participate by sending an email to info@areaperformance.it – ​​(read the regulation at the bottom of this news).

On Thursday 31 March an update will be published on all our channels with the figure at which the offers have arrived. The winner of the auction will then be announced on Sunday 3 April directly at Collezionando 2022, where the work will be exhibited at the Catawiki stand for both days of the event (2 and 3 April).

Right on the famous portal, Friday 1 April our auction will start with some of the works of the greatest fantasy and science fiction artists, cartoonists and illustrators from all over the world with the proceeds that also in this case will be donated to Emergency for the same cause (here you will find the dedicated article).

SILENT AUCTION REGULATION

• Starting price € 500.00
• Send an email to info@areaperformance.itIn the email, indicate your name, surname and any shipping address.
• Clearly indicate the amount offered.
• Only multiple bids of € 10 are allowed, different bids will be rounded down (for example € 717 corresponds to a bid of € 710).
• In the case of ex aequo as a major offer, the piece will be assigned to the one who first sent the email.
• The deadline for submitting the offer is Sunday 3 April at 12:00.
• By submitting an offer, you will undertake, in the event of an award, to pay this amount within 30 days from the notification of the winning.
• The amount you offer will also cover insured shipping (therefore shipping is included) if the address is in Italy. If the shipping address is outside Italy you will have to consider an addition of 30.00 euros for shipping.

After the difficult period that characterized the entire panorama of events and beyond, finally the Live Auction of the Area Performance is back.

During the last edition of Lucca Comics & Games 2021 the classic final auction took place with all the protagonists who alternated in the four days of the fair: in addition to the legendary Angelo Stano resident artist, Roberto Recchioni, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Nigel Sade, Paolo Barbieri, Sarah Wilkinson and many others.

In an exciting auction, also broadcast online thanks to the live streaming of the Twitch channel of N3rdcore.it, the sum of € 29,820 was collected, with over 30 works sold.

Thanks to this important contribution we will continue to support our important projects, moreover, all the other works that have not been auctioned will be auctioned on Catawiki on the occasion of Collezionando 2022 on 5 and 6 March.

So again this year we just have to thank you and invite you to continue following us on our social networks and above all subscribe to our mailing list at the bottom of the page.