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Sam Singer: A Wide-Angle View of Oceanian, Indonesian and Himalayan Art

Published on , by Vincent Noce

Sam Singer is this year’s honorary president of Parcours des mondes, the must-see Parisian art fair of traditional non-European arts. He and his wife Sharon are major collectors of Oceanian, Indonesian and Himalayan art.

Sam and Sharon Singer in front of a rare Faiwolmin shield (Papua New Guinea) at their... Sam Singer: A Wide-Angle View of Oceanian, Indonesian and Himalayan Art

Sam and Sharon Singer in front of a rare Faiwolmin shield (Papua New Guinea) at their San Francisco home.

United States Democratic Party campaign consultant and former journalist Sam Singer heads one of the largest public relations firms in the U.S. His clients include Chevron, Disney, Warner, Levi Strauss, Airbnb, Ford and Visa. He and his wife are avid collectors of traditional non-European art, an integral part of their everyday life. Why did you agree to be the honorary president of Parcours des mondes? We think Parcours des mondes is the world’s most important traditional non-European arts show. We’re all the happier to be back since we missed it last year due to Covid travel restrictions. For enthusiastic collectors like us, the mandatory stops every year are the San Francisco fair in February, New York in May, Brafa and Parcours des mondes. If we manage to do them all it’s a grand slam! Right from the start, Parcours des mondes has always managed to bring together the most compelling works and the most important dealers from America, Great Britain, Europe…
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