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Castello di Ama per l’Arte Contemporanea
The result of the passion of four Roman families.
KASTEEL WIJLRE ESTATE
A Meeting Place for Contemporary Art and Nature
YSMA Collection
Prince Yemisi Shyllon transformed Africa's largest private art collection into Nigeria's most groundbreaking university museum.
Transformer Station
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell’s transformation of an electrical power station in Cleveland
Featured Collections
Art Expedition Japan
Join us on an our annual art expedition to the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima, which have undergone a remarkable transformation to world-renowned art destinations.
Sosaku Hanga & Japanese Woodblock Prints
This exclusive exhibition to IC includes a pair of father and son prints from Hide and Yuzaburo Kawanishi.
Didrichsen Art Museum
In 1965, Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen created a space that would bring the art they loved to future generations of Finns
Timo Miettinen
Finnish collector talks about the impossibility of ignoring Berlin’s relevance in today’s art world.
Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation
Delve into the digital art of the collection exhibited across two spaces.
Collection in Motion
“Our exhibition space does not aim to be an oasis."
Fondazione Morra Greco
This Neapolitan palace houses the collection of dentist Maurizio Morra Greco.
Transposing Narratives
With its dual focus on art and design, the Colección Contemporánea is the latest addition to the private museum community in Mexico City.
Go With the Gut
Collector couple Bruna Girodengo and Matteo Viglietta both share a passion – an unquenchable thirst to learn about collecting art.
Majerus Collection
Patrick Majerus’ love for collecting all began when he was a child and had a fasciation for collecting stamps and “bandes dessinées”.
The Goss-Michael Foundation
A place that grew out of a romantic connection between Kenny Goss and the late pop music legend, George Michael
Chatsworth House
It is rare that a contemporary art space lives up to the rhetoric of sustainability and uniqueness that frequently appears in press releases and profiles, but Chatsworth House, situated by the River Derwent in Derbyshire, is truly a special place.
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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Money laundering compliance for the art sector and high-value goods trade – one platform for all legal challenges.
