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==Life and career== |
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Nicolai Frahm is the son of Danish business entrepreneur Flemming Frahm who founded Skandinavisk Kaffekompani (the largest coffee company in Denmark until it merged with [[Kraft Foods]] in 1989). |
Nicolai Frahm is the son of Danish business entrepreneur Flemming Frahm who founded Skandinavisk Kaffekompani (the largest coffee company in Denmark until it merged with [[Kraft Foods]] in 1989). Frahm first began to collect for his family's art foundation in Copenhagen, before setting up offices in London and Basel, working with high-profile clients whose collections will ultimately become museums in their own right.<ref>''The best advice?'', page 92. ArtReview, January 2007</ref> Despite his young age Frahm is known to have been among the first to discover and collect many important European, American, Japanese and Chinese artists of the mid and late 1990s and 2000s. <ref>''The 3rd Eye'', p. 31, Wonderland, September 2008</ref> In June 2006 The Hospital in London (owned by Microsoft's [[Paul Allen]]) [http://www.thehospital.dreamhost.com//gallery.html] hosted an exhibition from his collection of young artists from Los Angeles. In the January 2007 issue ArtReview rated Frahm among the 6 best contemporary art advisors in the world. <ref>''The best advice?'', page 92. ArtReview, January 2007</ref> |
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==Quotes== |
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*"There are only so many great works of art. Better to pay the extra money and get a masterpiece than build a collection of names" |
*"There are only so many great works of art. Better to pay the extra money and get a masterpiece than build a collection of names" <ref>''The best advice?'', page 92. ArtReview, January 2007</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 17:51, 15 September 2010
Nicolai Frahm (born 17 January 1975) is an art curator and contemporary art collector based in London.
Life and career
Nicolai Frahm is the son of Danish business entrepreneur Flemming Frahm who founded Skandinavisk Kaffekompani (the largest coffee company in Denmark until it merged with Kraft Foods in 1989). Frahm first began to collect for his family's art foundation in Copenhagen, before setting up offices in London and Basel, working with high-profile clients whose collections will ultimately become museums in their own right.[1] Despite his young age Frahm is known to have been among the first to discover and collect many important European, American, Japanese and Chinese artists of the mid and late 1990s and 2000s. [2] In June 2006 The Hospital in London (owned by Microsoft's Paul Allen) [1] hosted an exhibition from his collection of young artists from Los Angeles. In the January 2007 issue ArtReview rated Frahm among the 6 best contemporary art advisors in the world. [3]
Quotes
- "There are only so many great works of art. Better to pay the extra money and get a masterpiece than build a collection of names" [4]
References
- Supersamleren (the super collector), DRK (Danish TV - video), 28 March 2010
- Frieze Art Fair, Nicolai Frahm, Reuters (video), 16 October 2009
- The Art of Tomorrow, VS, October 2009
- The 3rd Eye: a performance interview with Nicolai Frahm, Wonderland, September 2008
- Brushing off the credit crunch, CNBC (video), 30 June 2008
- Dansker koeber kunst for millioner (Dane buys art for millions), interview with Nicolai Frahm, Jyllands-Posten, 10 May 2008
- Kunst undgaar finanskrise (Art avoids financial crisis), interview with Nicolai Frahm, Jyllands-Posten, 10 May 2008
- Collectors: Nicolai Frahm, Artobserved, January 2008
- Is the art market cruising for a fall?, The Times, 12 October 2007
- The Chinese Contemporary Art Explosion at the Tate in Britain, China Today, 10 June 2007
- Art sales: Rampant market, rising fatigue, Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2007
- The best advice? (Nicolai Frahm), ArtReview, January 2007
- Art sales: over-talented and over here, The Daily Telegraph, 19 September 2006