The Dhaka Art Summit 2016 opens today at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Selina Ting speaks to the masterminds of the Summit on their enthusiasm and generosity in creating an international platform for the promotion of South Asian Art.
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Nathalie Fournier
Nathalie goes solo in art collecting. While most collectors admit that the passion for art is personal, her challenge is to walk out of her comfort zone of a protective family and husband, to find her own way in the maze of contemporary art…
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Myriam and Amaury De Solages
The French collectors couple Myriam & Amaury de Solages set up the art centre Maison Particulière in Brussels in 2010. As its name indicates, the elegant townhouse at Place du Châtelain offers a unique setting that calls to mind a private residence where privately owned art works are displayed, lived with and contemplated – all intimately. Now…
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Yannicke and Wilfried Cooreman
William Lim – Collecting Hong Kong Art
It was a surreal experience visiting the art collection of William Lim, a renowned architect known for his innovative and aesthetical designs. In the interview, William shares with us his collecting experiences and his observations of the Hong Kong contemporary art scene and collecting culture.
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Frederic de Goldschmidt – The Old Young Collector
The Brussels-based French collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt takes on the slightest Parisian snobbism. It was his openness in spirit and his “freshness” in the art world that allowed us to pose some of the “annoying” questions that most collectors wanted to avoid in an interview. “I was quick enough to distinguish what I would appreciate and what I was less convinced of. So it didn’t take me too long to make a purchase. I try to buy art with my instinct without spending too much time on research.”
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Pierre Pradié – My Collection is My Self-portrait
Mr. Pierre Pradié started collecting contemporary art, principally paintings, in 1995. His first acquisition: a Marc Desgrandchamp. It was the need of a meditative object that impelled him to go back home with nothing but a Desgrandchamp painting which has “marvellously accomplished its mission”. In the interview, Pierre Pradié talks with us about his ideas of collecting and his becoming of a collector.
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Pierre Pradié – Ma Collection est Mon Autoportrait
En art, l’idée du temps est devenue abstraite, elle existe à la fois dans l’esprit et dans la flânerie. En tant que collectionneur – avocat, Monsieur Pierre Pradié, est-il pris dans ce paradoxe? M. Pradié répond… il y a un effet du temps sur le regard porté sur l’œuvre ; sur sa perception ; un effet du temps passé aboutit à institutionnaliser le regard.
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Herman Daled – Collectionneur des objects de connaissance
Herman Daled, homme à la recherche intellectuelle et à la sensibilité innée, il cherche la connaissance dans la vie et voit la beauté dans la vérité. Il lâche ses émotions et se laisse perplexe. Homme de modestie et d’exigence, il se donne un rôle du post-scriptum tout en vivant sa vie comme l’un des plus…
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Herman Daled – A Collector of Objects of Knowledge
Herman Daled, a man of intellectual pursuit and innate sensibility, he seeks knowledge in life and sees beauty in truth. He lets go of his emotions and he allows himself moments of perplex. A man of modesty and exigency, he gives himself a footnote role while living his life as one of the most ardent supporters of conceptual art. Here is our interview with Herman Daled, the collector of objects of knowledge and experience.
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