Désiré Feuerle

Founder of The Feuerle Collection

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, lives and works in Asia.

Désiré Feuerle was included in the artnet News’ Index of The World’s Top 100 Art Collectors and Artnet’s “Who Are The Top 10 German Art Collectors?” in 2016.

Pioneer in the juxtaposition of international contemporary art and ancient art exhibitions.

Co-founder of The Feuerle Collection, Berlin, Germany.

The Feuerle Collection was awarded in the Larry’s List Collector Award 2016 as New Private Museum of the Year.

Universities lectures: Oxford University, Hong Kong University and Humboldt University Berlin.

Conversations/lectures and discussions/panels:

- Art Bahrain 2015, Art021 Shanghai 2015

- Art Busan 2017 (Collectors Talk)

- West Bund Shanghai 2017

- Art Basel 2017 (Private Museum Conference)

- Frieze London 2017 (Conversation on Collecting)

- National Palace Museum Taipei (2018)

- The Art Business Conference Shanghai 2018

- Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum 2019

- ARCOMadrid 2020 (Collecting Forum with Francesca vonThyssen)

- Square Ibiza 2022 (Dialogue with Christoph Noe)

International Council of Tate Foundation, London, UK.

International Trustee of Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

International Council of Berggruen Museum , Berlin, Germany.

Board of KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany.

International Council of Collectors of The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA.

International Advisory Council of Hispanic Society of America, New York, USA

Founding member of the Global Private Museum Network.

The Feuerle Collection has been included in the list of outstanding international examples of Slow Art institutions by Susan Moore, art historian, art critic and writer, associate editor of Apollo Magazine and founder of the Slow Art Workshop. 

Heiner Wemhöner

Entrepreneur and Art Collector

Heiner Wemhöner (* 13 August 1950) is a German entrepreneur and art collector.

After studying economics, he joined the family business in 1979 and became managing partner in 1987.  Under his leadership, "Wemhöner Surface Technologies" developed into the global market and technology leader for machinery and equipment for the finishing of wood-based materials. In 2005, Wemhöner founded the first production site in China, in 2020 the second. 

In October 2021, his birthplace Herford - which is still his place of residence and the headquarters of his company - made him an honorary citizen. In 2022, Heiner Wemhöner received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon for his services to art, culture and international understanding. In China, too, Heiner Wemhöner has been combining business, cultural and social commitment since 2005, which the city of Changzhou already thanked him for in 2009 and the province of Jiangsu in 2014 by awarding him honorary citizenship.

Heiner Wemhöner is a co-founder of the Friends of the Marta  Museum, Herford and is still its chairman.

Heiner Wemhöner is currently having a historic ballroom in Berlin restored, which, once completed, will serve as the home of his art collection, but also as a place for cultural encounters.

Anita Zabludowicz OBE

Founder, Zabludowicz Collection

Anita Zabludowicz founded the Zabludowicz Collection alongside her husband Poju, in the 1990s, and in 2007 created a UK charity to bring a public ethos to their private art collection. Anita served as Co-Chair, Trustee & Director of the Foundation for Future London, which promotes culture, education, and skills to the East London community in the wake of the Olympics.  In 2016 Anita was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to art and philanthropy.

Anita and her husband Poju opened the Zabludowicz Collection to the public to support projects with artists and curators both in the UK and overseas. Their programme has become known for risk-taking and ambitious commissions and exhibitions with artists at pivotal moments in their careers.