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Shalini Passi
Inside the palatial New Delhi home of artist and collector Shalini Passi.
Christine and Andrew Hall
Interview with the collectors behind Hall Art Foundation
Peter Linde Busk & Numen/For Use
The Wanås Foundation features sculptures to enter and spatial design to be surrounded by
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
Featured Collections
CARMELO GRACI
“Buying ‘difficult’ works gives shape to a collection, which otherwise would be standardized on all the others.”
Kunststiftung Meier-Linnert
German collector, Gerd Meier-Linnert, is someone who sees the beauty in simple shapes.
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.
The Essence of Existence at Woods Art Institute
The Woods Art Institute (WAI) is a park destination near Hamburg for the experience, teaching & creation of art located in nature, as part of the Sachsenwald Forest.
Ongoing Process
Co-founder of the ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Kelly Ying is one of China’s most well known collectors of contemporary art.
Durchgang Gallery
The People From Little Hollywood
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.
Geometric Abstraction
What came first – the chocolate bar or the collection?
Interview with Lyu Jihye
Art Enthusiast and Passionate Art Collector Living Between Busan and Seoul
Imperfect Chronology
Arab Art from the Modern to the Contemporary: The Barjeel Art Foundation Collection at London’s Whitechapel Gallery.
Rossini Art Site — Sculpture Park
Art park that fuses sculpture, architecture, and landscape
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
From the beginning of 2011 the Falckenberg Collection belongs to the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, one of Europe’s largest exhibition centers for contemporary art and photography.
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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Money laundering compliance for the art sector and high-value goods trade – one platform for all legal challenges.
