Independent Collectors

Working Hard for Art

An art consultant and curator by day, the Brooklyn-based Collector is a self proclaimed “gutsy newcomer”, working with emerging artists to help her push her collection further.

We invited the Lyn del Sol to share her ever-growing collection and to tell us about how she fell into the world of collecting.

“I never quite set out to collect art, but rather found myself collaborating with artists and as a result became a caretaker of art. For just under a decade I ran an organization called Creative Thriftshop based in New York City and it was during that time I came in contact with hundreds of emerging artists from all over the world.

The newly globalized art market, brought about by the Internet and the art fair movement, fostered increasingly gutsy newcomers. I myself identified as one such gutsy newcomer. As a result, the collection I amassed reflects this period of growth and fervor in the art world. I’m fortunate that so many of the artists I’ve worked with over the years have gifted me some truly choice pieces. Having been born from artists’ generosity, I find the collection to reflect an artist’s perspective, which can be bitingly meta at times.

These early acquisitions still inform my collection as it continues to grow and go through constant flux. I just recently began to inventory it all, reconsidering its exhibition and framing, not to mention how I might fill in the holes with new works. As I continue to work as an art consultant and curator, a lot of the art I encounter and work with professionally is governed by what’s right for my clients. With my own personal collection I relish the lack of rules. I’m able to take big risks, fall hard in love, and place beautiful, curious things together in unexpected ways. Collecting is personal for me. It’s the reward for working hard for art.”

ERIC DOERINGER, Bootleg Series (Paul McCarthy) 2007
ERIC DOERINGER, Bootleg Series (Paul McCarthy) 2007
JUAN DOE, Unkle Sambo
JUAN DOE, Unkle Sambo
JUAN DOE, El Instituto de Matrimonio
JUAN DOE, El Instituto de Matrimonio
ERIC DOERINGER, I Got Up (after On Kawara) 2008-09
ERIC DOERINGER, I Got Up (after On Kawara) 2008-09
LISA LEVY, Lynn del Sol (Prescription), 2010
LISA LEVY, Lynn del Sol (Prescription), 2010

With my own personal collection I relish the lack of rules. I’m able to take big risks, fall hard in love, and place beautiful, curious things together in unexpected ways.

LYNN DEL SOL

KEIRAN BRENNAN HINTON, Untitled, 2012
KEIRAN BRENNAN HINTON, Untitled, 2012
FELIX TORRES GONZALEZ, Untitled (Portrait of Ross), 1991
FELIX TORRES GONZALEZ, Untitled (Portrait of Ross), 1991
ANIBAL PADRINO, Untitled (study)
ANIBAL PADRINO, Untitled (study)
PETER CAINE, Untitled
PETER CAINE, Untitled
FANTASTIC NOBODIES, Operation Shitstorm (Untitled 18 From the Series The Living Frame), 2008
FANTASTIC NOBODIES, Operation Shitstorm (Untitled 18 From the Series The Living Frame), 2008
ERIC DOERINGER, Saddam With Medals, 2007
ERIC DOERINGER, Saddam With Medals, 2007
JACK BALAS, White Smoke, 2004
JACK BALAS, White Smoke, 2004
GUERRA DE LA PAZ, Cub, 2004
GUERRA DE LA PAZ, Cub, 2004
JACK BALAS, Rembrandt (from the series MUSE_Museum) 2006
JACK BALAS, Rembrandt (from the series MUSE_Museum) 2006
ERIC DOERINGER, Bootleg Series (Lisa Yuskavage) 2005
ERIC DOERINGER, Bootleg Series (Lisa Yuskavage) 2005
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 020 Lucio Fontana (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 020 Lucio Fontana (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 003 Edgar Degas (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 003 Edgar Degas (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006

Collecting is personal for me. It's the reward for working hard for art.

LYNN DEL SOL

VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 043 Yves Klein, (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 043 Yves Klein, (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 077 Jackson Pollock (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 077 Jackson Pollock (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 079 Joseph Beuys (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 079 Joseph Beuys (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 094 Robert Mapplethorpe (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
VICTORIA CAMPILLO, 094 Robert Mapplethorpe (taken from the "Intimacy" series), 2006
FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT, Sobredosis (from the series "Tiempos Modernos"), 2005
FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT, Sobredosis (from the series "Tiempos Modernos"), 2005
GUERRA DEL LA PAZ, The Last Supper, 2005
GUERRA DEL LA PAZ, The Last Supper, 2005
FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT, Donde estas Mama (From the series "Tiempos Modernos"), 2005
FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT, Donde estas Mama (From the series "Tiempos Modernos"), 2005
FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT, Artist in the Studio (from the series "Nirvana"), 2007
FERNANDO MONTIEL KLINT, Artist in the Studio (from the series "Nirvana"), 2007
ERIC DOERINGER, Art Basel VIP Card, 2006
ERIC DOERINGER, Art Basel VIP Card, 2006
JUSTINE REYES, Mask Series, 2004
JUSTINE REYES, Mask Series, 2004

USA (55)

West Collection

Since 1996, Al & Paige West have been building an impressive collection, including works by artists such as Donald Judd, Martin Boyce, and Candice Breitz.

Valeria Napoleone

The Italian-born collector actively seeks out under­represented positions and therefore only acquires works by women artists.

Christine and Andrew Hall

Interview with the collectors behind Hall Art Foundation

Gary Yeh

IC talks to Gary Yeh.

de la Cruz Collection

Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, the co-founders of the renowned collection that bears their name, are always quick to highlight the importance of education when discussing the role the De La Cruz Collection plays in the Miami community.

The Broad Collection

Walking down the Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, right by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), you can’t help but be struck by the angular construction of The Broad and its bright white honeycomb exterior.

Marciano Art Foundation

Maurice and Paul Marciano, founders of the GUESS jeans brand, in their five-thousand-square-meter exhibition space

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.

Transformer Station

Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell’s transformation of an electrical power station in Cleveland

The Goss-Michael Foundation

A place that grew out of a romantic connection between Kenny Goss and the late pop music legend, George Michael

Franks-Suss Collection

Initially focused on China, collectors Simon Franks and Robert Suss soon widened their purview

Mera & Donald Rubell

Five quick questions, five short answers by the famous couple behind the Rubell Family Collection

Thoma Foundation

Two intimate art spaces in Chicago and Santa Fe encourage dialogue between work and viewer

Martin Margulies

Interview with the collector behind the Margulies Collection

Seth Stolbun

The Houston native collector almost exclusively acquires works from artists that he has a personal relationship with

The Donum Collection

Wine tasting and Crouching Spider by Louise Bourgeois

March 8th 2022

The Stolbun Collection presents “March 8th 2022”, likely the only exhibition at Ferndale–Seth Stolbun’s rental home, as captured by his iPhone

Rubell Family Collection

Curator Joey Lico teams up with artist Alexis Diaz to visit the mighty Rubell Museum in Miami

Saint Georgina Slays The Dragon

A new collection on IC, see inside The Bennett Collection, which is focused on figurative realism, specifically the realistic, painted depiction of women by women.

Flippin The Script with Armand-Paul Family Collection

In “Flippin The Script” we warmly welcome the Armand-Paul Family Collection in New York to IC, with its focus on the African and Latin diasporas, and interest in performance.

Donna Huanca – Obsidian Ladder

Skin painting artist Donna Huanca participates in the current MAF project series, exploring gender and sexuality in contemporary life.

We Still Have Wild Birds Here

Overlooked American artist Gene Beery (b. 1937), declared and depicted reflections in his paintings with a relevant truth and irony that is no less today.

Life Cycle

The Marciano Art Foundation hosted Ai Weiwei for the third MAF Project in their Theatre Gallery.

The Wig Museum

LA's MAF was inaugurated in 2017 with a solo show of Jim Shaw, curated by Philipp Kaiser.

Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

Delve into the digital art of the collection exhibited across two spaces.

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.

www.Simco Web Works

In context of exposing art digitally and exposing digital art, we wanted to present artworks that have only and always existed on the web, as URLs, here in the collection of Stefan Simchowitz.

Responding to Nature

Tucked away in the vineyard’s of San Francisco you’ll find the secret sculpture park of Nancy and Steve Oliver.

Go Figure / Alec Soth

This summer, the Pizzuti Collection will feature two exhibitions featuring works taken from the private collection of Ron and Ann Pizzuti.

John Morrissey

Discover is a keyword for the American attorney and art collector John Morrissey, who directs his focus towards emerging contemporary artists.

Roberto Toscano

It all started with the purchase of an etching by Richard Serra in 2011, which turned out to serve as the very foundation for Roberto Toscano’s art collection.

Stefan Simchowitz Collection

L.A.’s most controversial art collector opens up his private collection of contemporary painting.

Carole Server

The New York-based collectors with an enthusiasm for patronage and education.

Force and Form

The private collection studying contemporary visual culture.

Elayne & Marvin Mordes

The sun has just risen over the eaves when we meet on Park Avenue one peaceful January morning and Marvin and Elayne Mordes seem just the way we’d had hoped – warm, open and sympathetic.

Buckhorn Sculpture Park

Located in the scenic town of Pound Ridge, New York, you’ll find the private home of collector couple Sherry and Joel Mallin and their Buckhorn Sculpture Park.

Visions From India

The exhibition “Transforming Vision” includes some of the most prominent Indian artists working today, with all forty works coming from the Pizzuti Collection.

Clayton Press & Gregory Linn

Since 1980, Clayton Press and Gregory Linn – New Jersey collectors – have evolved from being energetic art aficionados to art market specialists.

Steve Shane

Manhattan-based collector Steve Shane is completely in love with art.

Soul Of A Nation: Art In The Age Of Black Power 1963-1983

HEAR this Online Exhibition, exclusively put together with an abundance of images, to view whilst listening to a curated playlist by Quincy Jones.

The Broad Survey Of Shirin Neshat

Downtown L.A.’s The Broad presents Shirin Neshat in an immersive survey.

PHANTASMAGORIA

Exhibition at the Stolen Collection

The Herskovic Collection

A fanatic collector of Abstract Expressionist Painting.

The Dikeou Collection — Part III

A variety of artworks by both established and emerging artists.

The Dikeou Collection — Part IV

A variety of artworks by both established and emerging artists.

The Dikeou Collection – Part II

Artworks by both established and emerging artists, ranging from installations, sculpture, photographs, videos, drawings, to painting.s.

The Dikeou Collection – Part I

Founded in 1998 by the siblings Pany and Devon Dikeou, the Dikeou Collection is located in downtown Denver.

Times of Change

New York-based collector Gregory Vinitsky has been dedicated to collecting contemporary since the 1970s.

Chaotic Contemporary

Chicago based collector Troy Klyber, is a contemporary art collector that loves to engage in a bit of chaos.

No Man’s Land

Just in time for the opening of Art Basel Miami Beach 2015, the Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation has opened its new exhibition, “NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection”.

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.

Select Works from the Stolbun Collection

The Stolbun Collection has turned its attention to featuring younger American artists

R F Jefferies – Don’t Postpone Joy

A look inside the collection of San Diego-based collector R F Jefferies.

THE OJIKUTU COLLECTION

Exquisite showcase of treasures of African art, culture, and history