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MOSCOW, October 20. The heirs of ex-Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi do not know how to get rid of the collection of 25,000 paintings, writes The Guardian.
The works themselves have no value, but their content in a warehouse opposite the politician’s Milan residence costs €800,000 a year.
As Vittorio Sgarbi, a former official of the Italian Ministry of Culture, art critic and friend of Berlusconi, said, the ex-prime minister’s shopping turned into an obsession when the politician began to suffer from insomnia. This was confirmed by expert Lucas Vianini.
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“It was in 2018 when a telephone operator told me that Berlusconi called during a night television auction,” said the chief art curator of the billionaire Vianini.
As a result, the ex-prime minister purchased most of the 25,000 paintings on night TV channels similar to “Shop on the Sofa.”The collection has become expensive for Berlusconi’s five heirs, they intend destroy it except for a few of the most valuable works.
““I don’t know whether the destruction has already begun,” Vittorio Sgarbi said in turn. “But, at least on an artistic level, it would not be a crime.”
The heirs are also considering the possibility of turning Berlusconi's main residence in Arcore near Milan, where he held business and political meetings, into a museum.
Silvio Berlusconi died on June 12 in hospital at the age of 87. He suffered from chronic leukemia.