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Merode
An open space for unexpected encounters
Seth Stolbun
The Houston native collector almost exclusively acquires works from artists that he has a personal relationship with
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.
QUETZAL ART CENTER
Permanent installations at Quinta do Quetzal weave contemporary art into the vineyards of Alentejo
Featured Collections
MALBA – Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires
An impression of what modernism means in Latin America
A Tribute to Minimal and Conceptual Art
Venet strove to acquire museum quality artwork from the very beginning.
Kunstraum Buchberg
Located on a rock formation high above the Kamp River and surrounded by garden terraces and forests, is where the Kunstraum Buchberg has been since 1979.
Observance & Turbulent Water
Two Exhibitions at the University of Melbourne’s Buxton Contemporary
Collection Lambert
The legendary French gallerist and collector, Yvon Lambert, is famed for his relentlessly forward-looking approach to visual art as well as uncanny acumen for understanding how art works and spaces interact with each other.
Museo James Turrell
Turrell’s largest Skyspace and light rooms in the Argentine Andes
Jean François Keller
Long-time IC Collector Jean François Keller is someone that needs to have a personal connection with artworks he buys.
White Rabbit
Judith Neilso’s collection is located in an old factory in Sydney’s industrial district.
Trajković Collection
Daniel and Slavic Trajković, discuss the origins of their collection
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.
Philara Collection
Since the mid 1990s, Gil Bronner’s collection has grown to more than 1 400 works
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.
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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