In almost 20 years since its establishment, Art Nouveau has won a dear place in the heart of art collectors and artists who appreciate and enjoy the best of art. From its beginnings, Art Nouveau has faced the challenge of showcasing the most interesting proposals from Venezuela with sensibility and courage. It has succeeded in making its spaces an inescapable reference to the best known masters of international art, and has been a first home to some new creators, to whom time, wise as always, have chosen as a way to reward the remarkable vision of this gallery.
For many, Art Nouveau is one of the most avant-garde galleries in the country, but bear in mind that this is not a deliberate purpose or guideline; most likely it is simply the result of a happy coincidence, a product of the determination of its director, Elizabeth Hazim de Castillo, to show what her instinct tells her to be the best. ""The eye does the photography but it is the heart that sets the guidelines in this business,"" is one of her favorite phrases, as if, in an attempt to simplify it all, she reduces the sight and the mind to the status of mere instruments for appreciation, helping us, the humble spectators, understand that to enjoy art we don’t need any intellectual equations or endless visits to the greatest museums in the world: all that is needed is to place the sight at the disposal of the soul and to let ourselves be taken to an alternate universe of emotions.
