Evan Chow grew up surrounded by a family collection of Chinese works and antiques, giving him an early sense of what it means to live with art. Photo: Ray Leong @TR Concept and Visual Atelier In many ways, Evan Chow represents a new generation of Asian art collectors who are reimagining what art collecting looks … Read more
Over five decades, he has built—and then shared—a one-of-a-kind cultural archive. Courtesy Dwight M. Cleveland Chicago-based collector Dwight M. Cleveland’s fascination with collecting began in 1977, when, as a high school senior, a teacher showed him a set of vintage lobby cards, including one particular card from the 1928 Paramount film Wolf Song. He was … Read more
Karun Thakkar. Photo: Desmond Brambley “I spend my life discovering hidden histories and hidden stories,” says Karun Thakkar, one of the world’s most prolific textile collectors. Sitting under a rare, luminous piece of Indian embroidery in his home in London, he speaks poetically about the forgotten hands behind the abstract masterpieces that he feels “the … Read more
david hockney, August 2021 Landscape with shadows. Printed in a limited edition of 25. © David Hockney “Art is the highest thing we do in society. It touches us in ways, consciously or unconsciously,” says art collector Jordan D. Schnitzer, a real estate mogul whose family has been at the forefront of Portland’s business makers … Read more