Niccolò Codazzi

Art Gallery Front Desk...

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Receptionist: Shall I renew your annual subscription?

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Octavia: No thanks. Only came once the past year. The Corsini collection. Loved the Codazzi pieces. Nostalgic architectural ruins. Fusion of reality and fantasy.

Niccolò Codazzi:
Figures, architecture, an ominous Vesuvius

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Receptionist: That was a good collection. Nothing since I’m afraid. We hope to get more collections from overseas. Sometime.

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Octavia: So it’s hardly worthwhile getting an annual.

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Receptionist: I know what you mean. New Zealand has a hard job getting funding and arranging exhibitions from overseas art museums.

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Octavia: Catch 22. Can’t get the numbers, hard to get funding.

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Voice-over

A receptionist who agrees. Paintings from long ago and faraway can be inspiring. Good PR or honest opinion? Anyway, Niccolò Codazzi (Napoli 1642 – Genoa 1693), an Italian painter of architectural paintings, capricci and vedute, that was well curated exhibition. More please, Auckland.

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