On the occasion of his major donation, the Greek collector talks to us in his Athens HQ about the reasons for this decision, his passion for art and his philosophy.
Dimitris Daskalopoulos in front of David Hammons' Untitled, Body Print, 1975 (106.7 x 78.7 cm/42 x 30.9 in), which he recently donated to the Tate.
Photo: Natalia Tsoukalas
Dimitris Daskalopoulos, a leading contemporary art collector and founder of the culture and development organization NEON , recently announced the donation of part of his famous collection—which includes works by Louise Bourgeois, Paul Chan, Robert Gober, David Hammons, Mona Hatoum, Sarah Lucas, Jannis Kounellis, Paul McCarthy, Steve McQueen, Annette Messager and Kiki Smith—to four museums in Athens, Chicago, New York and the UK. The donation includes over 350 works by 142 artists: 140 go to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, a joint donation of 100-odd to the Guggenheim in New York and the MCA Chicago, and 110 to the Tate in London. What led you to make such a significant donation? It was the next obvious stage of my journey and the way I view art, the ownership of works, and their meaning and value. I felt the time had come for me to make decisions about the future of my collection. The works that make it up ought to be seen by a large number of people; they need to be in dialogue with other forms of contemporary art, especially…
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