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Mera & Donald Rubell

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

Mera Rubell at the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Photo: Vaco Studio

The Rubells created their collection by looking at art, talking with artists, and trusting their instincts. They started collecting 54 years ago when Don was in medical school and Mera was teaching at Head Start, and continue to follow the same practice today, now with their son Jason. They acquired their first work after a studio visit and were only able to do so by paying on a modest weekly installment plan.

IC
What was the first piece of artwork you purchased, and when was this?

Mera & Donald Rubell
I wish it was a Robert Motherwell from 1964 when we started collecting.

IC
Why do you collect?

Mera & Donald Rubell
Why do people climb mountains? We collect because it’s an adventure, it’s a discovery, it’s a frontier, and there’s lots to learn.

IC
Does your collection follow a concept or a specific theme?

Mera & Donald Rubell
We’re attracted to art that we don’t understand because it has the most to teach us.

IC
Do you have a personal relationship with the artists you collect?

Mera & Donald Rubell
Not always, but most.

IC
Why did you decide to make your collection publicly accessible?

Mera & Donald Rubell
We are fortunate that the gallerists and artists make available to us their best works. And it seems unreasonable, selfish, and self-defeating not to share it with the public.

IC
Which other publicly accessible private collection would you recommend visiting?

Mera & Donald Rubell
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Torino, Italy and Sammlung Hoffmann in Berlin, Germany.

The Rubell Family Collection is featured in the BMW ART GUIDE by INDEPENDENT COLLECTORS.

For more information on the Rubell Family Collection visit this post by Independent Collectors

Isa Genzken, "Schauspieler", 2013. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Lisa Yuskavage, "Northview", 2000. Courtesy Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Janine Antoni, "Eureka", 1993. Courtesy Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Mira Dancy, "Snake Rose OBE", 2014. Courtesy Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Mai-Thu Perret, "Apocalypse Ballet (Pink Ring)", 2006. Courtesy Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Kara Walker, "Camptown Ladies", 1998. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Lisa Yuskavage, "Northview", 2000. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Barbara Kruger, "Untitled (Money Makes Money)", 2001. Courtesy the Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Accra

Terra Collection of African Contemporary Art

Interview with Joseph Awuah-Darko

Alcúdia, Mallorca

Yannick & Ben Jakober

The two artists have been collecting for more than 50 years

Ngayuku Ngura (My Country)

See inside this vibrant feature focused on Aboriginal artworks as part of the Museo Sa Bassa Blanca (MSBB) on Mallorca.

The White Fortress Of Museo Sa Bassa Blanca

The artist-collector duo who developed the Jakober Foundation as island destination amongst a medieval garden on Mallorca.

Altnau

Martin Steppacher on Steve Kaufman

Although never meeting the artist, Martin Steppacher is almost completely dedicated to collecting to the works of Steve Kaufman, assistant to Andy Warhol.

Alula

What Lies Within

The Basma AlSulaiman Collection features an exhibition by some of the most significant artists of Saudi Arabia

Amersfoort

The Schulting Art Collection

Carla and Pieter Schulting are collecting powerful works of art from the next generation of artists in Africa.

Amsterdam

Radical Collecting Part II

A view insight the collection of Frans Oomen.

Cyril van Sterkenburg

Amsterdam’s Young Collectors Circle series “Art of Collecting” brings to light the personal relationships between a collector and their favorite artwork.

Jump into the Future

The Borgmann Collection goes on public display in an exhibition that captures artworks made in a momentous decade.

Isabelle Vaverka

An excerpt from the "Art of Collecting" series. An initiative of the Young Collectors Circle.

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Arbon

ARTBON COLLECTION AND FOUNDATION

Contemporary art is presented in a surprising way – and enriched by a blue exhibition pavilion

Arévalo

SUBSTANCES

An exhibition by the Adrastus Collection in the historic church of San Martín in Arévalo

The Timekeeper Of The Adrastus Collection

The Adrastus Collection in Spain is devoted upon being “a radical experimental collection focused on 21st century art”.

Athens

Debunking the myths

IC Director Nina Raftopoulo helps new collectors develop confidence.

Neon

Founded by collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Neon breaks with the conventional model of an art foundation.

Dakis Joannou

Art Territory’s Una Meistere meets Greek collector Dakis Joannou in his office in Athens.

ARNDT Collection

Tiffany Wood and Matthias Arndt aim to collect works that create disturbance

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Avignon

Collection Lambert

The legendary French gallerist and collector, Yvon Lambert, is famed for his relentlessly forward-looking approach to visual art as well as uncanny acumen for understanding how art works and spaces interact with each other.

Bad Honnef

Andra Lauffs-Wegner Collection

„Old and New Friends“, a jubilee group show, celebrates the collection and efforts of Andra Lauffs-Wegner, curated by Susanne Kleine.

Baden-Baden

Daniel Zamani

Artistic Director at Museum Frieder Burda.

Bakewell

Chatsworth House

It is rare that a contemporary art space lives up to the rhetoric of sustainability and uniqueness that frequently appears in press releases and profiles, but Chatsworth House, situated by the River Derwent in Derbyshire, is truly a special place.

Barcelona

Fundació Vila Casas

A former wool factory turned art space by Antoni Vila Casas

PRIOR Art Space

Oliver Elst and Laura del Arco have built significant collections, both individually and together

Basel

Georgia O’Keeffe

The Fondation Beyeler has devoted the first exhibition of its anniversary year to this extra-ordinary woman

The Brasilea Foundation

Based on the collection of Swiss art lover Walter Wüthrich.

Bedburg-Hau

THE EARTH DOES NOT NEED US

The Institute of Queer Ecology in dialogue with Joseph Beuys at Museum Schloss Moyland.

Beijing

RongRong & Inri

Co-founders RongRong and Inri have been supporting contemporary photography by hosting a full program at the Three Shadows.

Heart of the Tin Man

Beijing’s M WOODS dedicates itself to the digital age in this exhibition.

All Means are Sacred

Beijing-based collection M WOODS presents works by artists across fifteen centuries.

Belgrade

Trajković Collection

Daniel and Slavic Trajković, discuss the origins of their collection

Postmodernism And Art Of The Eighties In Serbia

Belgrade’s Trajkovic Collection returns for Part III of it’s exploration “Phenomena, Formations And Ideologies Of Serbian Art In The Second Half Of The 20th Century”.

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”.

New Art of the Seventies in Serbia

Typology of radical emancipated language and practices.

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Berlin

You are the Concept

Private sessions with IC founder and strategist Christian Kaspar Schwarm.

Julia Stoschek

Sergej Timofejev in conversation with Julia Stoschek: one of the most active and famous collectors of time-based art.

Boros Bunker #4

This former techno-club has been home to the private collection and residence of Christian and Karen Boros.

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Bologna

MATTEO NOVARESE

Collector of the SOF:ART Collection

Boston

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.

Bowie

THE OJIKUTU COLLECTION

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

Bremen

The Peters-Messer Collection at the Weserburg

Bremen’s river museum, the Weserburg, hosted works of the Peters-Messer Collection, provoking an investigation of present day qualms and the function of art alongside these.

Dreamaholic

An exhibition on display at Weserburg’s Museum of Modern Art, featuring works from the Miettinen Collection in Berlin and Helsinki, that presents insights into the contemporary art scene in Finland.

Mario von Kelterborn – Weserburg

As part of the "Young Collections" series at the Weserburg, Mario von Kelterborn presented works from Collection von Kelterborn in the exhibition "Young Collections 02".

Brescia

The Great Women Artists Residency

Palazzo Monti presents the third annual Great Women Artists Residency

Palazzo Monti

Take a look inside the both historic and fresh beauty of Palazzo Monti in Brescia, who we welcome as new to IC.

Briosco

Rossini Art Site — Sculpture Park

Art park that fuses sculpture, architecture, and landscape

Brooklyn

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.

Brumadinho

Bernardo Paz

Interview with the collector behind Instituto Inhotim – Centro de Arte Contemporânea e Jardim Botânico

Welcome to the Jungle

In a Brazilian forest lies the magical collection of Bernardo Paz.

Brussels

Vanhaerents Art Collection

Where the connection between building and collecting is more than metaphorical

Galila Barzilaï

Galila’s P.O.C presents itself as a contemporary curiosity cabinet.

AMEXICA @The Loft

The Family Servais Collection and The Loft present AMEXICA, an exhibition curated by Marisol Rodríguez

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Bruzella

Rolla Foundation

Rosella and Phil Rolla provide researchers and photography enthusiasts access to important works.

Budapest

Katalin Spengler & Zsolt Somlói

The Hungarian couple dedicated to opening up the local collector community to international contemporary art.

Buenos Aires

MALBA – Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires

An impression of what modernism means in Latin America

Colección Amalita

Argentina’s wealthiest woman presents six centuries of art

MACBA – Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires

The Argentinian museum with a focus on international geometric art.

Busca

Go With the Gut

Collector couple Bruna Girodengo and Matteo Viglietta both share a passion – an unquenchable thirst to learn about collecting art.

Cáceres

SANDRA GUIMARÃES

Director of Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear

Cape Town

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

Jochen Zeitz

Interview with the founder of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

Catania

Fondazione Brodbeck

Contemporary art in the shadow of a volcano

Chester

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.

Chicago

Thoma Foundation

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

PHANTASMAGORIA

Exhibition at the Stolen Collection

Chaotic Contemporary

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

Select Works from the Stolbun Collection

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

Cleveland

Transformer Station

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

Cologne

BRAUNSFELDER Family Collection – Gute Nacht

An exhibition inspired by a song from Franz Schubert’s cycle “Winterreise” (1827)

ALLES NOTWENDIGE (Everthing Necessary)

We newly introduce Braunsfelder – the private initiative of a Cologne family, who in their current exhibition (which can be visited) present the urgency for art, especially in difficult times.

Max & Corina Krawinkel

What might have initially begun as two collectors with two very different tastes has now resulted in one of Germany’s most important collections of contemporary art by West German artists.

Oliver Osborne: Der Kleine Angsthase

We’ve all experienced fear this year. The exhibition DER KLEINE ANGSTHASE at Braunsfelder, curated by Nils Emmerichs, presents works by Oliver Osborne, as well as a conversation with Nicolaus Schafhausen.

Colomé

Museo James Turrell

Turrell’s largest Skyspace and light rooms in the Argentine Andes

Unseen Blue

Up in the hills of his winery estate in the province of Salta in northwestern Argentina a collector has built a private museum for the works of James Turrell.

Columbus

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.

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.

Copenhagen

Barbara Maj Husted Werner

An interview with the collector combining art with the everyday life.

Jens-Peter Brask

Danish collector Jens-Peter Brask is one of Scandinavia's most prominent collectors of contemporary art.

Le Musée du RETARD / the DELAY MUSEUM

Copenhagen-based collector Thierry Geoffroy is fascinated by what's happening right now.

Collectors’ Choice

Claus Busch Risvig shares a selection of works from the Bech Risvig Collection.

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Dallas

The Goss-Michael Foundation

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

Deinste

Kunststiftung Meier-Linnert

German collector, Gerd Meier-Linnert, is someone who sees the beauty in simple shapes.

Delhi

Ricky Dhingra

Mystic Creations

Denver

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.

Derneburg

Christine and Andrew Hall

Interview with the collectors behind Hall Art Foundation

Deurle

Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens

The industrialist couple Jules and Irma Dhondt-Dhaenens began collecting art in the 1920s

Schöne Sentimenten at the MDD

The Belgian Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, situated in the countryside at Deurle, presents an exhibition combining real artworks together with 'absent' ones.

Devon

The Dikeou Collection – Part I

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

Dhaka

Nadia & Rajeeb Samdani

The collector-couple dedicated to South Asian art in the heart of Bangladesh.

Dhaka Art Summit

Interview with the Collectors Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani about their motivation for raising awareness to South Asian art and why pushing the boundaries is important to them as collectors.

Doha

MATHAF – Arab Museum of Modern Art

A Royal Collection Spanning 200 Years of Arab Art

Dubai

Jean-Paul Najar Foundation

Situated on, and presented in partnership with Alserkal Avenue, the heart of Dubai’s art quarter, the JPNF opened its gates to the public in 2016.

The Farjam Foundation

Farhad Farjam’s collection encompasses Islamic, Middle Eastern and Western art

Vers le tableau

Exhibition from the Jean-Paul Najar Foundation, featuring major works from French artist Pierre Dunoyer.

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Duisburg

Lines of Quiet Beauty

Located in a former residential and commercial property from the 1960‘s, the Swiss architect Hans Rohr transformed into a home for contemporary art with over 2 700 square metres of exhibition space.

Dusseldorf

Andrew Jovic Collection

Discovering and Supporting Emerging Urban and Street Artists

Philara Collection

Since the mid 1990s, Gil Bronner’s collection has grown to more than 1 400 works

Generation Loss

With fifteen exhibitions under its belt and over 100 000 visitors through its doors, the Julia Stoschek Collection is officially celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Gill Bronner

Interview with the collector behind the Philara Collection.

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Eberdingen-Nussdorf

Kunstwerk – Sammlung Klein

Alison and Peter W. Klein are two collectors who do not follow art-market trends but instead only buy what they love.

Edinburgh

JUPITER RISING

Scotland’s artist-led outdoor festival for art, music and performance

Jupiter Artland Summer Programme 2016

Highlights from the 2016 summer programme of Edinburgh’s award-winning sculpture park, Jupiter Artland.

Jupiter Artland Spring Programme 2016

Highlights from the 2016 spring programme of Edinburgh’s award-winning sculpture park, Jupiter Artland.

Nicky & Robert Wilson

A Place for Synergy Between Art and Nature – Daiga Rudzāte and Una Meistere interview British art collectors Nicky and Robert Wilson about the mutual interaction between the land and the art.

Efringen-Kirchen

Behind Your Eyes

Tobias Gombert is an art collector who just loves to learn.

Eskişehir

Don’t Look Back, Deep is the Past

An exhibition at the Odunpazarı Modern Museum focusing on the the ways in which we define the Other

Eygalières

Flassans-sur-Issole

Peyrassol – Parc de sculptures

For the Franco-Belgian couple, Philippe Austruy and Valérie Bach, wine, food, and hospitality are equally as important as contemporary art

Florence

Sensus Collection

Located on the first two floors of a 1960s building in Florence you’ll find the Sensus Collection.

Frankfurt

Sammlung Gräfling

The young couple merges private and public spaces by displaying their collection at their home in a prestigious historic apartment.

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.

AT HOME WITH IC x sammlung FIEDE

Video art in times of crises: Selection 12 presents the work of Berlin artist and performer Constantin Hartenstein.

Young Desire and Cuperior

A young collector pushing young artists to be seen and heard.

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Franklin Lakes

The Herskovic Collection

A fanatic collector of Abstract Expressionist Painting.

Gaiole in Chianti

Castello di Ama per l’Arte Contemporanea

The result of the passion of four Roman families.

Gars am Kamp

Kunstraum Buchberg

Located on a rock formation high above the Kamp River and surrounded by garden terraces and forests, is where the Kunstraum Buchberg has been since 1979.

Geel

From East to West

Located in an old grain factory on the banks of the Campine Canal in Herentals, the Art Center Hugo Voeten represents over 1 700 works that have been collected over a thirty year period.

Gentofte

Sara Theresa Birn Lysgaard

Life and art cannot be separated when it comes to Sara Theresa Birn Lysgaard’s art collection.

Geyserville

Responding to Nature

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

Ghent

Herbert Foundation

Collecting as a Form of Engagement: Art and Critical Thought from the 1970s–1990s in Ghent

Haarlem

Bob Scholte

Ambassador for Young Collectors Circle

Hamburg

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.

Dominic & Cordula Sohst-Brennenstuhl

Talk about being part of the “Young Collections” series at Weserburg.

Nils Grossien

100 Years of DADA with the last living DADAIST of Germany: PRINZ

Harald Falckenberg

The Parallel World of Harald Falckenberg – Daiga Rudzāte spoke with German art collector Harald Falckenberg in Hamburg about art as a historical document and the relationship between freedom and collecting.

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Helsinki

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

Henningsvær

Kaviarfactory

DJ Cassy and Francesca Gavin meet with collectors Venke and Rolf A. Hoff in Henningsvær, Norway.

Expected / Unexpected

Contemporary art “bad boy” Bjarne Melgaard has found his home in Norway’s KaviarFactory.

Herentals

Transylvanian Visions

A fervent promoter and collector of Contemporary Romanian Art, with a special focus on the artistic phenomenon of the Cluj School.

Herford

Wemhöner Collection

»The art I encounter and surround myself with improves my quality of life. It gives me strength and inspires me,«

Herzogenrath

Wilhelm Schürmann

Together with collector and photographer Wilhelm Schürmann we have started the new On-Site category “Inside Sailing”, which brings you fresh photographs from the art world on a regular basis

Le Souffleur

Wilhelm Schürmann presents his collection with works from the Ludwig Collection in “Le Souffleur.”

Holstebro

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.

Hong Kong

Franks-Suss Collection

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

Living Collection

Gary Yeh and Francesca Gavin meet with architect and collector William Lim in Hong Kong.

Houston

Seth Stolbun

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

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

Ichikawa

Daisuke Miyatsu

In the Japanese city of Ichikawa you will find a very special house, a dream house in fact.

Istanbul

Papko Art Collection

Where Turkish Modernism Meets Global Contemporary Art

The Agah Uğur Collection

One of the largest video art collections in Istanbul, Turkey

The Elgiz Museum II

Since the early 1980s, Sevda and Can Elgiz have been aware of the worth of collecting contemporary art, long before it had fully entered the spotlight of Turkeys art scene.

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Jakarta

The Leonardi Collection

The Journey of Collecting Art and Supporting Indonesian Artists

Jevnaker

Kistefos Museum

Built on the grounds of a historical pulp mill, Kistefos today offers world-class architecture and art

The Twist of Kistefos

A brand-new sculptural building named ‘The Twist’, has opened at the scenic Kistefos sculpture park in Norway, initiated by collector Christen Sveaas.

Kemzeke

Collection in Motion

“Our exhibition space does not aim to be an oasis."

Machinations at Verbeke

The Verbeke concept presents a private collection and lively program with an experimental spirit and devotion to nature.

Bewogen Beweging

Exhibition at the Verbeke Foundation.

Kiel

Part Two

What happens when the private interacts with the public, and when personal decisions become a public matter?

Haus N – Part One

What happens when the private communicates with the public and when personal decisions become a public matter?

King's Lynn

Houghton Hall – King’s Lynn

Lavish 18th century interiors juxtaposed with contemporary outdoor sculpture

Kirke Saaby

On View 7 & 8

The Stalke Collection’s “On View” are presented quarterly, curated by Sam Jedig and each time feature selected works from the collection.

Stalke Collection

Not exactly what you’d expect to find in this small Danish suburb.

Knislinge

Peter Linde Busk & Numen/For Use

The Wanås Foundation features sculptures to enter and spatial design to be surrounded by

Wanås Foundation II

In southern Sweden lies a private collection buried deep in a castle's grounds, sheds and barns.

Not a Single Story II

An adventurous and lush castle setting pushing contemporary art and culture for all.

Wanås Foundation I

A collection that plays with exceptional nature accompanied by art, turning artistic interventions into remarkable pieces of land art.

Kummerow

Schloss Kummerow Collection

A world-class contemporary photography collection housed in a baroque-style castle in Germany’s Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Lausanne

OLIVIER CHOW

"The art world is dynamic and global, but through collecting it becomes intimate and private. This is the beauty of it."

Le Muy

Venet Foundation

Sculpture park in Bernar Venet’s native Provence

Diane Venet Collection

Una Meistere in conversation with Diane Venet about collecting jewellery made by artists.

A Tribute to Minimal and Conceptual Art

Venet strove to acquire museum quality artwork from the very beginning.

Lecce

World Art Collection

Dores Sacquegna shares a selection of works from her personal collection.

Leipzig

Wege Zur Welt / Connections To The World

The Hildebrand Collection showcases its thirteenth temporary exhibition at its Leipzig home, the G2 Kunsthalle.

The Art of Recollecting

A selection of artworks from the Hildebrand Collection that explore individual and collective memories.

Colors of Descents

Taking you on a time-warp to the gaming iconography of the early 1990s.

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Lisbon

Near Fields

Seeing art as "a visionary, global language", Portuguese brothers Manuel and Miguel Leal Rios have devoted themselves to building their collection.

London

Cranford Collection

One of Europe’s Most Important Collections with Renowned Contemporaries in Regent’s Park – London

Newport Street Gallery

The Newport Street Gallery is not easy to find, but then hard to miss: it takes over almost a whole street.

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Los Angeles

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

Donna Huanca – Obsidian Ladder

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

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Lucca

A Portrait of My Soul

For over two decades Vittorio Gaddi has been focusing on collecting international contemporary art as well as supporting emerging art and artists.

Luxembourg City

Majerus Collection

Patrick Majerus’ love for collecting all began when he was a child and had a fasciation for collecting stamps and “bandes dessinées”.

Madrid

Certeza: doubt as a starting point

La Colección SOLO presents Certeza, its new exhibition, where more than a dozen artists question our environment

Still Human

Colección SOLO presents the exhibition "Still Human" – an invitation to reflect on artificial intelligence

Amawal / Be Glad U R Free

A collection new to IC and the pubic view, the Amawal Collection is a real hidden gem of Contemporary African Art.

Garzon Garcia Collection

Geometrical abstraction

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Mannheim

Jan Peter Kern

Death is Beautiful

Mantova

CARMELO GRACI

“Buying ‘difficult’ works gives shape to a collection, which otherwise would be standardized on all the others.”

Marines

Le Silo

Jean-Philippe and Françoise Billarant have been engaged with minimalism, conceptual art, and geometric abstraction

Time & Architecture

Over the past three decades the Billarant’s have been deeply involved with collecting conceptual art, minimalism, and geometric abstraction.

Marseille

Marc & Josée Gensollen

To mark the opening of LOOP Barcelona we spoke with the Marseille based collector couple who have built an impressive collection of Minimal and Conceptual Art.

Melbourne

JAHM – Justin Art House Museum

Given its spacious and unorthodox design, the JAHM looks more like a public exhibition venue than a private residence.

Lyon Housemuseum

A 40-minute tram ride from Melbourne takes you to this unique hybrid space

ARNDT Collection

Tiffany Wood and Matthias Arndt aim to collect works that create disturbance

Observance & Turbulent Water

Two Exhibitions at the University of Melbourne’s Buxton Contemporary

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Mexico City

Transposing Narratives

With its dual focus on art and design, the Colección Contemporánea is the latest addition to the private museum community in Mexico City.

Miami

Rubell Family Collection

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

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.

Force and Form

The private collection studying contemporary visual culture.

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Milan

Foto Project Book

Italian collector Guido Galimberti is someone who sees the world in multiples.

Non-Aligned Modernity

Eastern-European Art from the Marinko Sudac Collection.

Fondazione Opera

Guido Galimberti Online Exhibition

Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone

Searching for strong feelings of humanity within paintings, sculptures and drawings.

Mumbai

Wrapped Up In India

We are excited to present on IC, the very first public showing of Saloni Doshi’s diverse collection located in India!

SALONI DOSHI COLLECTION

The Right to Look- Photographs from the Saloni Doshi Collection.

Munich

HOW DO YOU BECOME AN ART COLLECTOR?

BERGSON Kunstkraftwerk invites you to an evening featuring the documentary “BEFORE & AFTER“, the intimate story of a collection, directed by film maker, Anne de Boismilon- Titze, about the Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection, followed by a panel on how to present private collections to the public.

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung

Alexander Tutsek and Dr. Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek share a passion for glass

Ingvild Goetz

Margarita Zieda talks to Ingvild Goetz about the talent involved in differentiating a good piece of work from a lucky one hit wonder.

Munich

Museum Brandhorst

Francesca Gavin and Benjamin Jaworskyj explore this dazzling space in Munich.

Alexander Tutsek Stiftung – About Us

See inside the exhibition, About Us, intended as a contribution to the discourse on contemporary photography in China.

Goetz Collection

An internationally significant collection of contemporary art located in Munich.

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Nanjing

The Sifang Art Museum

A unique collection of contemporary art, architecture and design relevant to the time and space of the now.

Naples

Palazzo Daniele

Minimalism meets majesty at Palazzo Daniele where monastic décor exaggerates the grandeur of ceiling frescoes and standalone art works

Collezione Taurisano

Initiated by Paolo Taurisano in the 1970s, this collection now flourishes thanks to his son Francesco and daughter-in-law Sveva D’Antonio

Because Of Many (Taurisano) Suns

View inside this private home and Naples-based collection, where young and active collecting couple Francesco and Sveva Taurisano live.

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Neu Ulm

The Walther Collection

A collection of photographs, spanning the early days of photography to the contemporary

Recent Histories

Uniting the perspectives of contemporary artists of African descent who investigate social identity.

The Order Of Things

Exploring how the organization of photographs into systematic sequences or typologies has affected modern visual culture.

Neuhaus

o. T. / untitled

As featured in our new film series journey on the BMW Art Guide website, here we go further into the stunning and sustainable Museum Liaunig in Neuhaus, featuring the current main exhibition “o. T.” (untitled).

Austrian Contemporary Art

Sliced into the green hills of Austria's Carinthia district you'll find the sleek, exposed concrete building that the Museum Liaunig calls home.

Herbert Liaunig

Museum Liaunig opened in 2008 as a museum of uncompromisingly modern architecture

Neumünster

The Secret Garden

Originally founded in 2001 and opened up to the public five years later, the Gerisch Collection hosts an extensive collection in the surroundings of its very own sculpture park, where art can be found down winding paths, in hidden corners and on ponds among blossoming water lilies.

Neuss

MUSEUM INSEL HOMBROICH

A unique cultural space of international significance

New Delhi

Shalini Passi

Inside the palatial New Delhi home of artist and collector Shalini Passi.

KNMA – Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

More than 8,000 artworks from across South Asia and its diaspora

New York

Valeria Napoleone

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

Gary Yeh

IC talks to Gary Yeh.

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.

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Nicosia

The Office Collection – A Cloud Passing Over Cairo

Tassos A. Gkekas loves to facilitate his own exhibitions and projects exploring art, fashion and film within the walls of Nicosia.

To Express The Feelings Of A Chair When We Sit On It

An exhibition, curated by Antonis Minas and Christos Kyriakides, is located in Nicosia.

NAPK – THR // NIC Intonations

With its second 2019 exhibition, “NAPK – THR // NIC Intonations”, the Office Collection examines two artistic positions at the artist run space, PARTY Contemporary.

The Office Collection

The Office Collection is the private art collection from Tassos A. Gkekas, the Greek collector with a penchant for collecting works by contemporary international and Greek artists – with many of them based in Europe or the Middle East.

Nigtevecht

Eric van ’t Hoff

Meet the Dutch art enthusiast who has dedicated his collection to supporting artists.

Nijmegen

Milan Josepa

Member of Young Collectors Circle

North Auckland

Gibbs Farm

Alan Gibbs has created a sculpture park unlike anything you’ve seen before.

Gibbs Farm 2017

Art installations on a grand scale resulting in a sculpture park unlike any other you’ve seen before.

Nuremberg

A Change of Scenery

Artists' wallpapers from the Sammlung Goetz

Nürnberg

A Change of Scenery

Artists' wallpapers from the Sammlung Goetz

Oaks

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.

Online

David Gryn

Interview with the founder and director of DAATA

Oslo

Astrup Fearnley Collection

Raising questions about aesthetics, politics, and faith, this Norwegian collection features art by the likes of Richard Prince, and Cindy Sherman.

Venke Hoff

For Venke Hoff and her husband Rolf, collecting art is an inseparable part of life.

Ekebergparken

A place where art, history and nature come together.

Palmer

Palmer Sculpture Landscape

Greg Johns has created a symbiotic relationship between art and the ancient landscape of South Australia

Paris

NEWM ART COLLECTION

»We collect art that resonates with our experiences and challenges us in unexpected ways.«

dslcollection

Paris-based couple Sylvain and Dominique Lévy focus on chinese contemporary art

Sylvain & Dominique Lévy

Founded in 2005 by Paris-based couple Sylvain and Dominique Lévy, the DSL Collection is one of the rare Chinese contemporary art collections in France.

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Pieria

The Cultivated Young Man In The Time Of A Pandemic (Part 2)

Following Part 1 of the article sharing the pandemic reflections of Tassos A. Gkekas, in this feature we complete his writings.

The Cultivated Young Man In The Time Of A Pandemic (Part 1)

Collector Tassos A. Gkekas shares his Part 1 writings as a crisis response, offering advice to a citizen of the future.

Potsdam

RealitätsCheck (Reality Check)

“Reality Check” presents works from the the ‘Art’Us Collectors’ Collective’, a combined effort of four private collections in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich and Stuttgart.

Pound Ridge

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.

Prague

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.

Boris Krsnak

Prague based IC Collector, Boris Krsnak, has a passion for all things Slovak.

Ovidiu Șandor

Confident elaborate uncertainty

HAVRLANT ART COLLECTION

Interview with Kateřina Havrlant

Princeton

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.

PROVINCE OF VICENZA

The Bisazza Foundation

The collection which honours the appreciation for design and architecture.

Queretaro

José Mauricio Sanchez Ruiz Collection

Inside the collection built on purchases made on the internet.

Rapperswil-Jona

Kunst(Zeug)Haus

An extensive private collection of Swiss contemporary art of the last fifty years

Reading

Christine and Andrew Hall

Interview with the collectors behind Hall Art Foundation

Reggio Emilia

Collezione Maramotti

Interview with the senior coordinator Sara Piccinini

Mollino/Insides

The current temporary exhibition at Collezione Maramotti is in collaboration with Turin’s Museo Casa Mollino and has been organised on the occasion of this years Fotografia Europea.

Two Thoughts with Svenja Deininger

See inside the stunning light filled & open industrial spaces showcasing painting & various projects in the corridors of the Max Mara factory.

The (Italian) Factory

With his collection, Maramotti intended to mirror the evolution of the most advanced artistic thinking of his time and as a result has created one of the most exciting private collections in Italy.

Reykjavík

Mixed Media

Marking the latest, and sadly final, exhibition at the Safn Berlin art space in a presentation of two artists who have close ties with the collection.

Riehen

If I Was a Rich Girl

Welcome to the fantasy collection - an exhibition developed by artist Clare Kenny together with borrowed works from renowned collections as her dream realisation.

Riffa

RAK Art Foundation

Bahraini artist and collector Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa’s childhood home

Artist As Collector – Rashid Al Khalifa

An interview surrounding IC’s exploration, ‘Artist As Collector’ with Bahrain based Rashid Al Khalifa.

Riga

Zuzāns Collection

Zuzeum Art Centre houses the largest private collection of Latvian art in the world

Rognes

Bonisson Art Center

A place dedicated to contemporary art, installed in the old cellars of Château Bonisson.

Rotterdam

Julian Oggel

Kate Andrews visits Concordia Collection in Rotterdam

Alexander Ramselaar

Collecting for new horizons and deeper insights.

Sam van Rooij

Ambassador of Young Collectors Circle

San Antonio

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.

San Diego

R F Jefferies – Don’t Postpone Joy

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

Santa Fe

Thoma Foundation

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

Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation

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

Santa Margherita Ligure

miramART Collection

Andrea and Fabio Fustinoni showcase their collection at their Grand Hotel Miramare

Santiago

AAL – Arte Al Límite Collection

The collection that was founded upon the goal of making a contribution to culture and to encourage creativity.

São Paulo

Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz

João Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz’s collection features abstract painting and conceptual art

Fernanda Feitosa & Heitor Martins

A journey into the postwar Brazilian art scene

João Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz

Interview with the Brazilian collector on seeking works, regardless of the artist’s age or being known or unknown

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Senlis

Fondation Francès

Created in 2009, the Fondation Francès welcomes art lovers and curious minds, sharing its passion for contemporary art.

Seoul

Gary Yeh

IC talks to Gary Yeh.

KOO HOUSE MUSEUM

Exhibition venue with the theme ‚Living with Art‘

Museum Hanmi

Interview with Collector Song Young-Sook

JaeMyung Noh

Interview with the Korean collector who has been collecting art since high school

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Shanghai

Qiao Zhibing

Catching up with the collector behind TANK Shanghai and Qiao Space

TANK Shanghai x WIELS

Five disused oil tanks converted as ‘TANK Shanghai’, are now the second home of Qiao Zhibing’s private collection.

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.

Sharjah

Barjeel Art Foundation

The diversity of the Arab world lies at the heart of Sultan Al-Qassemi’s collection

Imperfect Chronology

Arab Art from the Modern to the Contemporary: The Barjeel Art Foundation Collection at London’s Whitechapel Gallery.

Silkeborg

Claus Busch Risvig

Meet the young collector who is taking the international art world by storm whilst never forgetting his roots in Denmark.

Emerging Iranian Artists

Claus Busch Risvig presents in focus on IC, a selection of works by emerging Iranian positions from his collection.

Sindelfingen

SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen

In the spacious rooms of a former industrial hall, Peter and Christiane Schaufler’s collection of contemporary art becomes an experience.

Singapore

The Private Museum

A Mission to Connect, Educate and Inspire Across Cultures and Communities

Snells Beach

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail

Richard and Christine Didsbury showcase New Zealand’s leading artists

Soest

The Mechanics of Minimalism

Sometimes someone’s own profession and artistic interests go hand in hand. At least thematically.

Sonoma

The Donum Collection

Wine tasting and Crouching Spider by Louise Bourgeois

South Tyrol

Antonio Dalle Nogare

On the occasion of this year’s Venice Biennale Independent Collectors spoke with collector Antonio Dalle Nogare from the ADN Collection about which pavilions and specific art pieces stood out for him and why.

St. Georgen

Grässlin Collection

Providing an overview of the history of Austrian, German and Swiss painting over the last thirty-five years, as well as the story of one of the most notable German private collections.

Steinhausen

Nicola Erni

One of the largest photography collections in private hands, with works dating from the 1930s to today

Stockholm

Karin Meidner & Jan Widlund

For more than 30 years Jan Widlund was the owner of a large art collection at the law firm of Vinge in Stockholm.

Siw & Christer Ragnar

The afternoon sun filters into the large apartment of Siw and Christer Ragnar in Stockholm’s fashionable Tegnérlunden.

Nordic Contemporary Art Collection

The entire collection is built from artists that have a connection to the Nordic countries and designed to reflect on the “now” through artistic practice. Featuring Sofia Hultén, Elmgren & Dragset and Olafur Eliasson among others.

Susch

Muzeum Susch

A 12th-century monastery and brewery in the Engadin Valley of the Swiss Alps

Sydney

White Rabbit

Judith Neilso’s collection is located in an old factory in Sydney’s industrial district.

The Elliott Eyes Collection

In the Victorian townhouse of the Elliot Eyes Collection, art fills every available wall and corner. Interview with Gordon Elliott.

22nd Biennale of Sydney

The 22nd Biennale of Sydney, NIRIN, lives on through a diverse virtual program to be launched soon, as well as this Online Exhibition in the meantime!

Tallinn

Artemy Troitsky

Sergej Timofejev from Arterritory in conversation with Artemy Troitsky, the relaxed collector and Russian music critic.

Tasmania

Museum of Old and New Art

Collector and philanthropist David Walsh has created Australia’s largest private museum.

Tehran

Pejman Collection

When collector and film producer Hamidreza Pejman came across the abandoned Argo Factory he saw its meaningful potential.

Tel Aviv

Givon Art Forum

Only when artworks circulate can they generate ideas

The Colors of Pleasure

With over 1 600 artworks, the Igal Ahouvi Art Collections is one of the largest private collections in Israel.

Prima Facie

FaceTime! Israel’s largest private art collection, the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection, has opened a new show, “Prima Facie”, in its series of exhibitions held at the Tel Aviv University Art Gallery.

Thalwil

Homage to Frank Badur

Tobias Hestler presents his exhibition which was shown in the spring and summer of 2016

The Hague

Museum Voorlinden

Joop van Caldenborgh acquired his first artwork as a teenager.

Timișoara

The Ovidiu Șandor Collection

Establishing roots & creating links

The Ovidiu Șandor Collection 2018

The Romanian collection that started with an antique map.

Tokyo

Art Expedition Japan

Join us on an our annual art expedition to the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima, which have undergone a remarkable transformation to world-renowned art destinations.

Ryutaro Takahashi

Una Meistere talks to Tokyo based collector Ryutaro Takahashi about contemporary art in Japan, art as therapy and the irrationalities of collecting.

Toronto

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

A look inside this stunning photography book featuring works from Kenneth Montague’s Wedge Collection

Position As Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity

Presenting works from Toronto’s Wedge Collection new exhibition “Position As Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity | Photographs from the Wedge Collection”.

Bill Clarke Collection

Art, Book, Art, Record

Sosaku Hanga & Japanese Woodblock Prints

This exclusive exhibition to IC includes a pair of father and son prints from Hide and Yuzaburo Kawanishi.

Trento

Collezione De Iorio

Beauty & infirmity – Radiologist Mauro De Iorio has a unique understanding of the human body

Turin

The Videoinsight® Method Part II

The collection that selects contemporary art containing high psychological impact.

Nature is Equilibrium

Installation views from the Fondazione Merz

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

Italian art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo talks to Agnese Čivle about spontaneous art buying, the difference between collecting names and works and her Turin-based art foundation.

The Videoinsight® Method Part I

Ten years ago, Turin based art collector and psychotherapist Rebecca Russo, began showing art to her patients

Vancouver

RENNIE COLLECTION

With a strong focus on topics that surround identity, social commentary, injustice and appropriation, the Rennie Collection is one of Canada’s largest and most important collections.

Venice

Dancing with Myself

The Museum Folkwang exhibited works from Venice’s Pinault Collection.

‘La Pelle’ and ‘Luogo e Segni’ – Pinault Collection

Venice’s Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana see the exhibitions ‘La Pelle’ and ‘Luogo e Segni’ for 2019.

Verona

Collezione De Iorio

Beauty & infirmity – Radiologist Mauro De Iorio has a unique understanding of the human body

Giorgio Fasol

An interview with one of Italy’s most prominent collectors of contemporary art.

Two Ideas of Beauty

In many ways the Collezione De Iorio, like the ancient Roman god Janus, is two-faced.

Veszprém

László Vass

Vass Collection: Constructive/Concrete

Videbæk

Risvig And The Vogels

See inside the exhibition that was inspired by the Vogels’ modest way of organising and building an art collection.

Vidigueira

Thru the Mirror

Collection de Bruin-Heijn presents the exhibition "Thru the Mirror" at Quetzal Art Center

Read/ing at Quetzal Art Center

See inside the exhibition “Read/ing” at the Quetzal Art Center, amongst the estate, vineyard and restaurant in the heart of the Alentejo region.

Quetzal / Drawing Africa On The Map

Take a look inside the 2018 exhibition at the Quetzal Art Centre, a family affair situated at a winery in Portugal.

Vienna

Museum Liaunig

Nuriel Molcho and Francesca Gavin travel out of Vienna to hillside Carinthia, to meet with Peter Liaunig.

Francesca von Habsburg

Arterritory’s Irene Gludowacz talks to art patron and philanthropist Francesca von Habsburg about art as a political weapon.

TBA21

In a public park in Vienna stands Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – a foundation that hosts the collection of Francesca von Habsburg.

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Waldenbuch

Geometric Abstraction

What came first – the chocolate bar or the collection?

Warsaw

Borowik Collection

Michał Borowik explains the idea behind his collection and how it came to be

Piotr Bazylko And Polish Collecting

Co-author of Polish book “Contemporary Art Collector’s Guidebook”, Piotr Bazylko and his collection offers an almost complete picture of Polish contemporary art.

Looking To The End

Listed as one of the “fifty most interesting collections assembled by people under fifty”, Polish collector Michal Borowik has already made his mark on the contemporary art collecting scene.

Wentorf bei Hamburg

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.

West Palm Beach

John Morrissey

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

Whistler

Audain Art Museum

Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa foster the richness of cultural differences

Wiesen

Why Am I Actually German?

The exhibition from Kiel's Haus N Collection and Sammlung FIEDE were on display at the Kunstverein Wiesen.

Zurich

Klaus J. Jacobs Collection

If you think you’re passionate about coffee – think again.