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Interview with Lyu Jihye
Art Enthusiast and Passionate Art Collector Living Between Busan and Seoul
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.
Papko Art Collection
Where Turkish Modernism Meets Global Contemporary Art
The Schulting Art Collection
Carla and Pieter Schulting are collecting powerful works of art from the next generation of artists in Africa.
Barjeel Art Foundation
The diversity of the Arab world lies at the heart of Sultan Al-Qassemi’s collection
Featured Collections
Wemhöner Collection
»The art I encounter and surround myself with improves my quality of life. It gives me strength and inspires me,«
Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz
João Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz’s collection features abstract painting and conceptual art
Castello di Ama per l’Arte Contemporanea
The result of the passion of four Roman families.
Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation
Delve into the digital art of the collection exhibited across two spaces.
Rossini Art Site — Sculpture Park
Art park that fuses sculpture, architecture, and landscape
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
In the spacious rooms of a former industrial hall, Peter and Christiane Schaufler’s collection of contemporary art becomes an experience.
Collecting the Elusive
In a small project space near Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Özge Ersoy and Haro Cumbusyan investigate into the complex world of collecting by bringing private art collections to the public view.
The Leonardi Collection
The Journey of Collecting Art and Supporting Indonesian Artists
Letters to Pia
Having been given the chance to acquire intimate images of Morrisroe’s muse, Pia Howard, Boston-based collector Adam Larson speaks to IC about his relationship with the following photographs, and of course about Pia.
Warhol & Subsequent Effects
Located in a charmingly remodelled former industrial building in the Dansaert district in the heart of Brussels, the Walter Vanhaerents contemporary art collection is presented in biannual exhibitions on three floors.
Get Nude With Art and Stuart Ringholt
Buxton Contemporary has a new artistic support project, ‘Light Source commissions’, launched with Stuart Ringholt’s “Looking at a painting without clothes on in the safety of your own home”.
Imperfect Chronology
Arab Art from the Modern to the Contemporary: The Barjeel Art Foundation Collection at London’s Whitechapel Gallery.
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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