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KASTEEL WIJLRE ESTATE
A Meeting Place for Contemporary Art and Nature
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
YSMA Collection
Prince Yemisi Shyllon transformed Africa's largest private art collection into Nigeria's most groundbreaking university museum.
Katalin Spengler & Zsolt Somlói
The Hungarian couple dedicated to opening up the local collector community to international contemporary art.
Featured Collections
Sensus Collection
Located on the first two floors of a 1960s building in Florence you’ll find the Sensus Collection.
Wanås Foundation I
A collection that plays with exceptional nature accompanied by art, turning artistic interventions into remarkable pieces of land art.
Bob Scholte
Ambassador for Young Collectors Circle
ARTBON COLLECTION AND FOUNDATION
Contemporary art is presented in a surprising way – and enriched by a blue exhibition pavilion
The Brasilea Foundation
Based on the collection of Swiss art lover Walter Wüthrich.
Fondazione Brodbeck
Contemporary art in the shadow of a volcano
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
The industrialist couple Jules and Irma Dhondt-Dhaenens began collecting art in the 1920s
Daisuke Miyatsu
In the Japanese city of Ichikawa you will find a very special house, a dream house in fact.
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.
Palmer Sculpture Landscape
Greg Johns has created a symbiotic relationship between art and the ancient landscape of South Australia
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.
László Vass
Vass Collection: Constructive/Concrete
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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