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A Mission to Connect, Educate and Inspire Across Cultures and Communities
HOW DO YOU BECOME AN ART COLLECTOR?
BERGSON Kunstkraftwerk invites you to an evening featuring the documentary “BEFORE & AFTER“, the intimate story of a collection, directed by film maker, Anne de Boismilon- Titze, about the Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection, followed by a panel on how to present private collections to the public.
Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection
A Lifelong Love Story: How Anne & Wolfgang Titze Built a Collection That Reflects Their Passion, Journey and Vision
The Perimeter
Where History Meets Contemporary Art: The Perimeter’s Unique Exhibition Space in London
Herbert Foundation
Collecting as a Form of Engagement: Art and Critical Thought from the 1970s–1990s in Ghent
SALONI DOSHI COLLECTION
The Right to Look- Photographs from the Saloni Doshi Collection.
Featured Collections
Postmodernism And Art Of The Eighties In Serbia
Belgrade’s Trajkovic Collection returns for Part III of it’s exploration “Phenomena, Formations And Ideologies Of Serbian Art In The Second Half Of The 20th Century”.
Feminist Spirituality With Shana Moulton
The Zabludowicz Collection presents the immersive and off-kilter solo exhibition by American artist Shana Moulton.
Milan Josepa
Member of Young Collectors Circle
TANK Shanghai x WIELS
Five disused oil tanks converted as ‘TANK Shanghai’, are now the second home of Qiao Zhibing’s private collection.
West Collection
Since 1996, Al & Paige West have been building an impressive collection, including works by artists such as Donald Judd, Martin Boyce, and Candice Breitz.
The Peters-Messer Collection at the Weserburg
Bremen’s river museum, the Weserburg, hosted works of the Peters-Messer Collection, provoking an investigation of present day qualms and the function of art alongside these.
miramART Collection
Andrea and Fabio Fustinoni showcase their collection at their Grand Hotel Miramare
Observance & Turbulent Water
Two Exhibitions at the University of Melbourne’s Buxton Contemporary
Museo James Turrell
Turrell’s largest Skyspace and light rooms in the Argentine Andes
László Vass
Vass Collection: Constructive/Concrete
Fondazione Brodbeck
Contemporary art in the shadow of a volcano
Nicola Erni
One of the largest photography collections in private hands, with works dating from the 1930s to today
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«
Get the new Edition
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.
Museum Brandhorst
Francesca Gavin and Benjamin Jaworskyj explore this dazzling space in Munich.
Museum Liaunig
Nuriel Molcho and Francesca Gavin travel out of Vienna to hillside Carinthia, to meet with Peter Liaunig.
Living Collection
Gary Yeh and Francesca Gavin meet with architect and collector William Lim in Hong Kong.
Kaviarfactory
DJ Cassy and Francesca Gavin meet with collectors Venke and Rolf A. Hoff in Henningsvær, Norway.
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