Independent Collectors
esc
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.
Kunst(Zeug)Haus
An extensive private collection of Swiss contemporary art of the last fifty years
Fundació Suñol
From Private Passion to Public Institution
The Broad Collection
Walking down the Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, right by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), you can’t help but be struck by the angular construction of The Broad and its bright white honeycomb exterior.
Featured Collections
The Timekeeper Of The Adrastus Collection
The Adrastus Collection in Spain is devoted upon being “a radical experimental collection focused on 21st century art”.
Valeria Napoleone
The Italian-born collector actively seeks out underrepresented positions and therefore only acquires works by women artists.
Philara Collection
Since the mid 1990s, Gil Bronner’s collection has grown to more than 1 400 works
Kaviarfactory
DJ Cassy and Francesca Gavin meet with collectors Venke and Rolf A. Hoff in Henningsvær, Norway.
The Herskovic Collection
A fanatic collector of Abstract Expressionist Painting.
QUETZAL ART CENTER
Permanent installations at Quinta do Quetzal weave contemporary art into the vineyards of Alentejo
Oliver Osborne: Der Kleine Angsthase
We’ve all experienced fear this year. The exhibition DER KLEINE ANGSTHASE at Braunsfelder, curated by Nils Emmerichs, presents works by Oliver Osborne, as well as a conversation with Nicolaus Schafhausen.
Thoma Foundation
Two intimate art spaces in Chicago and Santa Fe encourage dialogue between work and viewer
KNMA – Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
More than 8,000 artworks from across South Asia and its diaspora
Astrup Fearnley Collection
Raising questions about aesthetics, politics, and faith, this Norwegian collection features art by the likes of Richard Prince, and Cindy Sherman.
Palazzo Daniele
Minimalism meets majesty at Palazzo Daniele where monastic décor exaggerates the grandeur of ceiling frescoes and standalone art works
NEWM ART COLLECTION
»We collect art that resonates with our experiences and challenges us in unexpected ways.«
Art Now, Art Forever: Damon Zucconi
As collectors dedicated to following artist careers in depth and breadth, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn describe their on-going relationship to the work of Damon Zucconi, whose works are frequently accessible online.
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.
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
In the spacious rooms of a former industrial hall, Peter and Christiane Schaufler’s collection of contemporary art becomes an experience.
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.
Kaviarfactory
DJ Cassy and Francesca Gavin meet with collectors Venke and Rolf A. Hoff in Henningsvær, Norway.
legeArtis
Money laundering compliance for the art sector and high-value goods trade – one platform for all legal challenges.
