Whitewall Interviews Paris Collectors Bonnin, Ittah Waintraub, and Reiffers Ahead of Art Basel Paris
In a Whitewall feature for Paris Art Week and Art Basel Paris, three collectors from Paris share insights into their art acquisitions. Claude Bonnin, who has served as the president of ADIAF since 2021 and has been collecting for 37 years, highlights the importance of passion in his purchases, which include works by Christine Safa and Carlos Garaicoa. Deborah Ittah Waintraub, an art historian and lecturer at the École du Louvre, began her collection in 2016 and recently obtained a diorama by Eva Jospin. Meanwhile, Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers, the founder of Mazarine Group, started collecting at 25 and has recently added a painting by Pol Taburet. At Art Basel Paris, Reiffers Initiatives will introduce a mentorship program. Bonnin's exhibition highlights include 'Cézanne et nous' at the Grand Palais.
Key facts
- Claude Bonnin has led ADIAF, organizer of the Prix Marcel Duchamp, since 2021 and has collected for 37 years
- Bonnin's recent acquisitions include works by Christine Safa and Carlos Garaicoa
- Deborah Ittah Waintraub began collecting in 2016 with a portrait attributed to John Hoppner
- Ittah Waintraub's latest acquisition is a diorama by Eva Jospin
- Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers' first purchase was a pair of Lalanne monkeys bought directly from François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne
- Reiffers recently acquired a Pol Taburet painting from the artist's Villa Medici show and a Yu Nishimura portrait
- The 2026 Reiffers Initiatives Mentorship Programme pairs Thomas Houseago with Théo Mercier
- Bonnin's Paris picks include 'Cézanne et nous' at the Grand Palais and Kerry James Marshall at the Musée d'Art Moderne
Entities
Artists
- Claude Bonnin
- Christine Safa
- Carlos Garaicoa
- Julian Charrière
- Deborah Ittah Waintraub
- John Hoppner
- Eva Jospin
- Evi Keller
- Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers
- François-Xavier Lalanne
- Claude Lalanne
- Pol Taburet
- Yu Nishimura
- Ser Serpas
- Stanislava Kovalčíková
- Eva Helene Pade
- Thomas Houseago
- Théo Mercier
- Michael Armitage
- Kerry James Marshall
- Simone Fattal
- Ali Cherri
- Mary Cassatt
- Tintoretto
- Gustave Fayet
- Paul Cézanne
- Cécile Muzard
Institutions
- Whitewall
- ADIAF
- Prix Marcel Duchamp
- Centre Pompidou
- Art Basel
- Art Basel Paris
- Grand Palais
- Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Musée Jacquemart-André
- Musée d'Orsay
- Palais de Tokyo
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
- Fondation Florence
- École du Louvre
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Mazarine Group
- Reiffers Initiatives
- Villa Medici
- Palazzo Grassi
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Rome
- Italy
- Shanghai
- China
- New York
- United States
- Venice