Collectors

Wiyu Wahono – Collecting in the Spirit of the Times

Indonesian collector Wiyu Wahono is a great connoisseur of art history, an avid reader, and most importantly, a keen observer of how societal changes influence art. He is well aware of the need to know about art history in order to orientate oneself in the meanderings of contemporary art. In his view, to collect the right work, you need to understand the spirit of the times; what the Germans call the zeitgeist.

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Collectors

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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Xavier Hufkens – Think Global Act Local

A die-hard defender of his home-base Brussels, Xavier Hufkens opened his gallery in 1987 and is now expanding his gallery with a new space, also in Brussels. On the occasion of the new opening, Xavier Hufkens sat down with us to share his observations of the art world and his passionate life as an art dealer who has “never been bored one day”.

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