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The Sotiris Felios Collection
Thanks to Sotiris Felios, Greek art has traveled around the world
Aïshti collection
Beirut’s Aïshti Foundation redefines the dialogue between East and West
Welcome to the Jungle
In a Brazilian forest lies the magical collection of Bernardo Paz.
Geometric Abstraction
What came first – the chocolate bar or the collection?
Featured Collections
Fondazione Brodbeck
Contemporary art in the shadow of a volcano
The Goss-Michael Foundation
A place that grew out of a romantic connection between Kenny Goss and the late pop music legend, George Michael
YSMA Collection
Prince Yemisi Shyllon transformed Africa's largest private art collection into Nigeria's most groundbreaking university museum.
Klaus J. Jacobs Collection
If you think you’re passionate about coffee – think again.
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
The industrialist couple Jules and Irma Dhondt-Dhaenens began collecting art in the 1920s
John Morrissey
Discover is a keyword for the American attorney and art collector John Morrissey, who directs his focus towards emerging contemporary artists.
Collection in Motion
“Our exhibition space does not aim to be an oasis."
World Art Collection
Dores Sacquegna shares a selection of works from her personal collection.
Gibbs Farm
Alan Gibbs has created a sculpture park unlike anything you’ve seen before.
Bech Risvig Collection
Silkeborg-based collector Claus Busch Risvig presents a selection of works from the Bech Risvig Collection at the House for Art and Design in Holstebro, Denmark.
Katalin Spengler & Zsolt Somlói
The Hungarian couple dedicated to opening up the local collector community to international contemporary art.
Lines of Quiet Beauty
Located in a former residential and commercial property from the 1960‘s, the Swiss architect Hans Rohr transformed into a home for contemporary art with over 2 700 square metres of exhibition space.
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.
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