THE WORD "KĀTAKÍ" COMES FROM THE MĀORI LANGUAGE (TE REO MĀORI) AND MEANS TOLERANCE. A TERM SO RICH IN CONTENT, HISTORY AND EMOTION THAT IT FINALLY LED TO THE NAMING OF THIS CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY.
IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING COLDER AND COLDER, CONFLICTS MORE AND MORE HEATED AND CO-EXISTENCE MORE AND MORE GLOOMY, IT IS ULTIMATELY TOLERANCE THAT RUNS LIKE A THREAD THROUGH EVERY STROKE, EVERY SHAPE, EVERY COLOR AND EVERY ONE OF OUR PAINTINGS.
You could say that we sell works of art that are "drawn by life"

IT IS TOLERANCE THAT THIS SHOP IS MEANT TO TEACH IN ORDER TO MAKE THE WORLD A SLIGHTLY MORE HARMONIOUS PLACE. OUR ART IS MEANT TO BRING TOGETHER WHAT BELONGS TOGETHER: PEOPLE.
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, DIFFERENT SKIN COLORS, DIFFERENT GENDERS, DIFFERENT LIFE MODELS, DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND LIFE GOALS - BECAUSE IN THE END THEY ARE ALL ONE THING: HUMAN BEINGS.
JUST AS EVERY LINE, EVERY DOT, EVERY SPLASH OF COLOR HARMONIZES WITH EACH OTHER DESPITE ALL THE DIFFERENCES AND CREATES A BIG WHOLE PICTURE, THAT'S HOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE.