Funny thing about collecting: Most of the time, collections simply grow, rarely shrinking, and they need more space. Case in point: Dallas collectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky. They and another couple, Amy and Vernon Faulconer, are opening a building to show their collections called The Warehouse. It's 18,000 sq. ft. and is a joint venture with another couple, Amy and Vernon Faulconer. The first show is titled Parallel Views: Italian and Japanese Art from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The Warehouse will also sometimes borrow works from other … [Read more...]

If you are interested in collecting, and how various collections come together, you might pick up a copy of the April issue of Traditional Home magazine. In it, under the headline Seats Of Learning, I chronicle how a woman named Diane Jacobsen, already a collector of American art, became an avid acquisitor of chairs. It all began about six years ago, when she bought a couple, almost on a whim, then more, then noticed how they engaged people. She researched and learned, and now owns about 50; 43 of them are touring museums around the … [Read more...]

True collectors never stop buying and they go their own way, following what they love, not necessarily what's fashionable. Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, whose collection of Dutch Golden Age Old Master paintings was on tour during 2011-12, provide an example once again. Last spring, they made news when they bought Rubens's Crucifixion at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair (see it here). At the time, Eijk told me that the painting was too dramatic for their home, and belonged in a museum. Though they mainly live in Massachusetts and … [Read more...]