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Fundació Suñol
From Private Passion to Public Institution
The Office Collection
The Office Collection is the private art collection from Tassos A. Gkekas, the Greek collector with a penchant for collecting works by contemporary international and Greek artists – with many of them based in Europe or the Middle East.
Merode
An open space for unexpected encounters
The Presence of Absence
The exhibition presents works from the Saloni Doshi Collection curated by Kunal Shah
Featured Collections
Wanås Foundation I
A collection that plays with exceptional nature accompanied by art, turning artistic interventions into remarkable pieces of land art.
Zuzāns Collection
Zuzeum Art Centre houses the largest private collection of Latvian art in the world
Nadia & Rajeeb Samdani
The collector-couple dedicated to South Asian art in the heart of Bangladesh.
The Long Museum
Where a private vision becomes a cultural force.
Pejman Collection
When collector and film producer Hamidreza Pejman came across the abandoned Argo Factory he saw its meaningful potential.
Alexander Ramselaar
Collecting for new horizons and deeper insights.
Herbert Foundation
Collecting as a Form of Engagement: Art and Critical Thought from the 1970s–1990s in Ghent
Terra Collection of African Contemporary Art
Interview with Joseph Awuah-Darko
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.
Collezione Maramotti
Interview with the senior coordinator Sara Piccinini
A Tribute to Minimal and Conceptual Art
Venet strove to acquire museum quality artwork from the very beginning.
Aïshti collection
Beirut’s Aïshti Foundation redefines the dialogue between East and West
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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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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