Private Art Collections London

London also boasts its share of private collections of older art many of them now bequeathed to the nation including the wallace collection which specialises in 18th and 19th century art and sir john soane s museum formerly the home of the neo classical architect and collector.

Private art collections london.

Cohen 64 is one of england s top collectors with 2 000 works ranging from british art of the fifties to contemporary chinese painting. Dan colen marbles in my mouth. Of course london has a slew of great art museums like tate modern and tate britain institute of contemporary arts and the national gallery. The art newspaper is the journal of record for the visual arts world covering international news and events.

But what you might not know is that london is also home to several very impressive private collections that you can visit and the townhouses hosting many of these collections alone are enough make them worth the trip. The mission of the ubs art collection is to acquire and maintain works of art in the communities where we do business buying on the primary market to directly support artists and galleries. Home to a private collection of contemporary art the perimeter is situated in a cobbled mews in bloomsbury london. Based in london and new york the english language publication is part of a network of.

Also known as number 1 london. 149 piccadilly hyde park corner london w1j 7nt. The collection is part of our cultural history and contributes to the innovative thinking that shapes ubs. This london home of the first duke of wellington it has one of the finest art collections in london with paintings by velazquez and rubens among memorabilia of wellington and a wonderful collection of silver and porcelain.

Other important private art collections are those owned by bernard arnault great selection of contemporary art alice walton american art with the marvelous kindred spirits by asher brown durand the great collection of the duke of westminster including the sensational prince baltasar carlos on horseback by diego velázquez or george embiricos who despite having sold several works in recent years is still the owner of the coveted paul cezanne s masterpiece the card players.