Brussels, new Berlin ? -- " Belgium has a very long-standing tradition of art production and collecting that goes back at least as far as the Renaissance (Brueghel lived in Antwerp and Brussels). In contemporary terms, though, the economic boom in Flanders in the second half of the 20th century meant that collectors like Herman Daled (who recently sold his entire collection to MoMA) had the financial means to realise their passion and build up original and personal collections. At the same time that they were a source of pleasure for the collectors, the collections also demonstrated their success to people inside Belgium and beyond. These early collectors created the image – one could even say the legend – of the Belgian collector. (...) Not only are there fewer collectors living in Berlin, but Belgian collectors give on-going and friendly support to artists. Belgians do not like doing things in an over-complicated way. They prefer to buy art directly rather than to support it through institutions. Buying art is a way of spending one’s money to affirm one’s personality, discreetly or blatantly, but always because it is a pleasure.(...)" dantemag/2013/06/brussels-the-new-arts-capital-of-europe/
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 22:55:15 +0000
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