Private choices.
Public histories.

Russian avant-garde

Edik Natanov

The collection-owner archive documents five museum projects in 2005 and 2009. Each project has a separate record in this archive.

French modern art

Sergei Shchukin

The historical collection was the subject of Fondation Louis Vuitton’s 2016–2017 exhibition.

French and Russian modern art

Ivan Morozov

One of the two brothers whose collection was brought together at Fondation Louis Vuitton in 2021–2022.

French and Russian modern art

Mikhail Morozov

The Morozov exhibition connects his collecting with that of his brother Ivan.

Russian avant-garde

George Costakis

The Costakis Collection is central to the preservation and research remit of MOMus’s Museum of Modern Art.

Context profile. No loan to a specific exhibition is implied.

Modern art

Peggy Guggenheim

Guggenheim exhibited her collection at the Venice Biennale in 1948 and opened her Venetian home to visitors from 1951.

Context profile. No loan to a specific exhibition is implied.

Modern and contemporary art

Ernst & Hildy Beyeler

The Beyelers made their collection publicly accessible at Fondation Beyeler in 1997.

Context profile. No loan to a specific exhibition is implied.

Minimal and conceptual art

Dorothy & Herbert Vogel

The National Gallery of Art’s account follows their collecting and the public life of the works they gave away.

Context profile. No loan to a specific exhibition is implied.

European and Asian art

Norton Simon

Simon assembled European works and South and Southeast Asian art over three decades of collecting.

Context profile. No loan to a specific exhibition is implied.