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Durchgang Gallery
The People From Little Hollywood
Interview with Lyu Jihye
Art Enthusiast and Passionate Art Collector Living Between Busan and Seoul
Fundació Vila Casas
A former wool factory turned art space by Antoni Vila Casas
Zuzāns Collection
Zuzeum Art Centre houses the largest private collection of Latvian art in the world
Featured Collections
The Schulting Art Collection
Carla and Pieter Schulting are collecting powerful works of art from the next generation of artists in Africa.
Papko Art Collection
Where Turkish Modernism Meets Global Contemporary Art
Art Now, Art Forever: Damon Zucconi
As collectors dedicated to following artist careers in depth and breadth, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn describe their on-going relationship to the work of Damon Zucconi, whose works are frequently accessible online.
Francesca von Habsburg
Arterritory’s Irene Gludowacz talks to art patron and philanthropist Francesca von Habsburg about art as a political weapon.
A Tribute to Minimal and Conceptual Art
Venet strove to acquire museum quality artwork from the very beginning.
Nathalie Maciesza
Member of Young Collectors Circle
Homage to Frank Badur
Tobias Hestler presents his exhibition which was shown in the spring and summer of 2016
Barbara Maj Husted Werner
An interview with the collector combining art with the everyday life.
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.
Karin Meidner & Jan Widlund
For more than 30 years Jan Widlund was the owner of a large art collection at the law firm of Vinge in Stockholm.
Museum Brandhorst
Francesca Gavin and Benjamin Jaworskyj explore this dazzling space in Munich.
TANK Shanghai x WIELS
Five disused oil tanks converted as ‘TANK Shanghai’, are now the second home of Qiao Zhibing’s private collection.
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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