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Palazzo Monti
Take a look inside the both historic and fresh beauty of Palazzo Monti in Brescia, who we welcome as new to IC.
The Hooligans
The new show at White Rabbit Gallery spotlights art that refuses to behave
Collection in Motion
“Our exhibition space does not aim to be an oasis."
LET’S TALK ABOUT WOMEN IN ART
Inside Christian Levett’s mission to champion women artists at FAMM, Europe’s first museum dedicated to women artists.
Featured Collections
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
The industrialist couple Jules and Irma Dhondt-Dhaenens began collecting art in the 1920s
MATHAF – Arab Museum of Modern Art
A Royal Collection Spanning 200 Years of Arab Art
Le Silo
Jean-Philippe and Françoise Billarant have been engaged with minimalism, conceptual art, and geometric abstraction
KNMA – Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
More than 8,000 artworks from across South Asia and its diaspora
Julia Stoschek
Sergej Timofejev in conversation with Julia Stoschek: one of the most active and famous collectors of time-based art.
Fondazione Brodbeck
Contemporary art in the shadow of a volcano
Barjeel Art Foundation
The diversity of the Arab world lies at the heart of Sultan Al-Qassemi’s collection
The Farjam Foundation
Farhad Farjam’s collection encompasses Islamic, Middle Eastern and Western art
Astrup Fearnley Collection
Raising questions about aesthetics, politics, and faith, this Norwegian collection features art by the likes of Richard Prince, and Cindy Sherman.
The Sublime Hyacinth Collection
When Boudewijn Jansen and Yvette van Dishoeck, who are both Dutch, met in 1992 in Prague, it was love—for one another, the city, and Czech art.
Andra Lauffs-Wegner Collection
„Old and New Friends“, a jubilee group show, celebrates the collection and efforts of Andra Lauffs-Wegner, curated by Susanne Kleine.
Sylvain & Dominique Lévy
Founded in 2005 by Paris-based couple Sylvain and Dominique Lévy, the DSL Collection is one of the rare Chinese contemporary art collections in France.
OPINIONS
To the patrons of tomorrow
Laurie Rojas on the future of art patronage and how to nurture enthusiasm for good art, worldly sensibility, curiosity, and connoisseurship.
Why I Stopped Being A Collector (And Started To Collect)
by Benjamin Kaufmann
The Rediscovery of Wonder
»Good art is rarely simple, but it is hardly ever incomprehensible, « says Christian Kaspar Schwarm, IC founder and avid collector who has never lost his excitement for complexity.
The BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors
The 7th edition of the BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors takes you to more than 304 collections in 51 countries and 224 cities.
»Nobody has been to all these places«
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Join the next Edition
Each year, our curators select 300 private collections for the BMW ART GUIDE by INDEPENDENT COLLECTORS. The requirements for collections are that they must be a) contemporary, b) open for visitors (by appointment only or regular opening hours, and c) of a certain relevance (which our team evaluates). If you would like to submit your collection for consideration, please get in touch.
Collection Visits
Curator Joey Lico teams up with artist Alexis Diaz to visit the mighty Rubell Museum in Miami.