True to What I Believe in: Visions of Collector Robbie Antonio

Robbie Antonio is a flamboyant character. Dubbed “dynamo” by the media, the Filipino collector is continually implementing cutting-edge ideas related to creativity. Every project is for him a deep dive into new territories, whether this is contemporary art, design or architecture. INTERVIEW: Selina TingIMAGES: Courtesy of Revolution Precrafted Properties & Robbie AntonioOriginal Text published on COBO…

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Rudy Akili – Collector of Ideas

“In art everything people are interested in must have something special,” says collector Rudy Akili. “I respect what people know and I want to learn it. When there is this kind of curiosity you can start having dialogues and enjoy contemporary art.” Driven by this view the Indonesian businessman Rudy Akili – owner of Smailing…

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Lorenzo Rudolf on Marketing Southeast Asian Art as a Package

With the increasing importance of Southeast Asian countries in the global economy, contemporary art created in these emerging scenes is also gaining its firm grounding in the international art market. To sell art from the region, according to Lorenzo Rudolf, a titanic figure in the art business, one has to brand it under the package “Southeast Asian art” because no one single country could survive solo in the keen competition.

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