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LARRY'S LIST Next Gen Art Collector Report Volume 2 Maps a Relationship-Driven Generation

publication · 2026-09-15

After its initial release in 2021, LARRY'S LIST has unveiled the Next Gen Art Collector Report, Volume 2, in collaboration with Verlag für Moderne Kunst in Vienna. This eighty-page document showcases over 120 collectors from five continents, prioritizing their motivations for collecting over mere rankings. It indicates a transition from financial incentives to those rooted in intellectual pursuits and personal identity, highlighting a trend towards relationship-focused collecting. Numerous collectors are now engaging in foundations and exhibition projects, merging the roles of collector and institution-builder. The report also underscores a resurgence of homes as exhibition spaces. Notable Italian collectors featured include Fabrizio Affronti, Maria Gregotti, Roberto Pesenti, and Giuseppe Simone Modeo. Co-founder Christoh Noe points out a generational value shift and the significance of direct connections with artists.

Fatti principali

  • LARRY'S LIST published the Next Gen Art Collector Report. Volume 2, five years after the first edition in 2021.
  • The report was curated by LARRY'S LIST Ltd. and published with Verlag für Moderne Kunst of Vienna.
  • It profiles over 120 collectors across five continents and runs about eighty pages.
  • The introduction states it is not a ranking and not an exhaustive survey.
  • The report identifies a shift from market-driven to relationship-driven collecting, with studio visits, dialogue, commissions and direct purchases gaining importance.
  • Milan-based Maria Gregotti, founder of Casa Gregotti, is interviewed and says 'A collection cannot remain static.'
  • Four Italian collectors are featured: Fabrizio Affronti (Savona), Maria Gregotti (Milan), Roberto Pesenti (Bergamo, linked to gres art 671) and Giuseppe Simone Modeo (Arezzo).
  • Giuseppe Simone Modeo's collection focuses on women artists including Mona Hatoum, Sophie Calle, ORLAN and Pipilotti Rist.
  • The report notes impatience with hype, speculation, FOMO and the conversion of cultural value into financial data.
  • Instagram remains the dominant digital tool, while the early-2020s digital boom has settled into a more selective dimension.
  • LARRY'S LIST co-founder Christoh Noe says the change is both generational and a reaction to speculation and FOMO.
  • Noe expects collectors to increasingly act as cultural producers and institution-builders within a complementary ecosystem.

Entità

Artisti

Istituzioni

  • LARRY'S LIST
  • LARRY'S LIST Ltd.
  • Verlag für Moderne Kunst
  • Casa Gregotti
  • gres art 671
  • Collezione da Tiffany
  • Instagram

Luoghi

  • Vienna
  • Austria
  • Savona
  • Italy
  • Milan
  • Bergamo
  • Arezzo

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