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Young Collectors Matthew and Danielle Greenblatt on the Healing Power of Art
Danielle and Matthew Greenblatt’s motivations for building an art collection are multifaceted. Based in New York, the young couple is passionate about supporting artists of their generation. But don’t call them millennial collectors. “We focus on great artists that speak to us,” said Danielle, founder of a PR firm representing jewelry designers. “There’s an excitement […]
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Philanthropist Dow Kim Started Collecting 25 Years Ago With a Marc Chagall Painting and Hasn’t Looked Back
Dow Kim’s collecting journey began in the 1990s with a “stroke of luck,” he said. A finance executive living in Tokyo, he got a call from a colleague with the news that a Japanese art institution was selling a number of paintings. Before he knew it, he had bought an original Marc Chagall. His tastes […]
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Collecting Is In the Blood for Gallerist Paul Henkel, an Art Historian Who Hails From a Family of Connoisseurs
Start-ups get their start in all sorts of ways. Palo Gallery was founded by Paul Henkel in 2018 as a brainy, roving temporary art space that popped up in various places around New York. Then, in 2022, the architect Annabelle Selldorf transformed a former jewelry store at 30 Bond Street into Palo’s first permanent exhibition […]
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Gallerist Josh Lilley on Collecting Playful Works But Keeping Them Out of Reach of Little Hands
The London-based gallerist Josh Lilley began amassing his personal collection in 2006 with an ornate landscape by the Korean painter Sea Hyun Lee. “It was a total rush,” he recalled of the spontaneous purchase. He hasn’t looked back since. Nowadays, his collection focuses primarily on emerging British and American artists, especially those of a playful […]
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Art and Design Go Hand in Hand for George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, Who Once Convinced Yayoi Kusama to Make Them a Pumpkin
Canadian designers and life partners George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg met at design school. Years lapsed before they crossed paths again, by chance, when they were each seeking studio space. After discovering common interests in philosophy and aesthetics, they decided to share a workspace. That led to the founding of Yabu Pushelberg, a design firm […]