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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.
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.
The Leonardi Collection
The Journey of Collecting Art and Supporting Indonesian Artists
The Sublime Hyacinth Collection
When Boudewijn Jansen and Yvette van Dishoeck, who are both Dutch, met in 1992 in Prague, it was love—for one another, the city, and Czech art.
Featured Collections
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”.
Museum Voorlinden
Joop van Caldenborgh acquired his first artwork as a teenager.
Human Figure
Creating a dialogue between contemporary sculptures and works from Oceanic Art
Terra Collection of African Contemporary Art
Interview with Joseph Awuah-Darko
Peter Linde Busk & Numen/For Use
The Wanås Foundation features sculptures to enter and spatial design to be surrounded by
Mera & Donald Rubell
Five quick questions, five short answers by the famous couple behind the Rubell Family Collection
Transformer Station
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell’s transformation of an electrical power station in Cleveland
Sammlung Gräfling
The young couple merges private and public spaces by displaying their collection at their home in a prestigious historic apartment.
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen
In the spacious rooms of a former industrial hall, Peter and Christiane Schaufler’s collection of contemporary art becomes an experience.
Zeitz MOCAA
Former Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz has built a unique and extensive body of works by some of the most exciting established and emerging artists from Africa and its diaspora
Venet Foundation
Sculpture park in Bernar Venet’s native Provence
Bech Risvig Collection
Silkeborg-based collector Claus Busch Risvig presents a selection of works from the Bech Risvig Collection at the House for Art and Design in Holstebro, Denmark.
Wemhöner Collection
»The art I encounter and surround myself with improves my quality of life. It gives me strength and inspires me,«
Le Silo
For more than 35 years Parisian based collectors Françoise & Jean-Philippe Billarant have been intensely engaged with Minimalism and Conceptual art.
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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