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The Schulting Art Collection
Carla and Pieter Schulting are collecting powerful works of art from the next generation of artists in Africa.
Sun Women
"Sun Women" presents seven artists brought together from external private collections in Riva's exhibition space.
The Leonardi Collection
The Journey of Collecting Art and Supporting Indonesian Artists
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.
When I’ll Die, I Want To Turn Into Marble
We are pleased to welcome Marine Tanguy to IC, as an ambitious, philanthropic art world woman, creating her own systems to get business done.
Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins
A journey into the postwar Brazilian art scene
Featured Collections
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
In the spacious rooms of a former industrial hall, Peter and Christiane Schaufler’s collection of contemporary art becomes an experience.
Shalini Passi
Inside the palatial New Delhi home of artist and collector Shalini Passi.
The Mallin Collection
Nestled on 15 acres in the scenic town of Pound Ridge, New York, Buckhorn Sculpture Park features gardens, woodlands, a lake and an orchard.
Kistefos Museum
Built on the grounds of a historical pulp mill, Kistefos today offers world-class architecture and art
AAL – Arte Al Límite Collection
The collection that was founded upon the goal of making a contribution to culture and to encourage creativity.
Fondazione Brodbeck
Contemporary art in the shadow of a volcano
Cranford Collection
One of Europe’s Most Important Collections with Renowned Contemporaries in Regent’s Park – London
Katalin Spengler & Zsolt Somlói
The Hungarian couple dedicated to opening up the local collector community to international contemporary art.
Mario & Julia von Kelterborn
The von Kelterborn Collection isn’t for the faint of heart—although that’s not to say the works are visually jarring.
Kunst(Zeug)Haus
An extensive private collection of Swiss contemporary art of the last fifty years
Fundació Vila Casas
A former wool factory turned art space by Antoni Vila Casas
Palazzo Daniele
Minimalism meets majesty at Palazzo Daniele where monastic décor exaggerates the grandeur of ceiling frescoes and standalone art works
Phenomena, Formations and Ideologies of Serbian Art
A term once suggested, and later on much quoted, for describing the Serbian art of the 1990s, was “art in a closed society”.
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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