Frédéric de Goldschmidt

The interview with Frédéric de Goldschmidt lasted almost 4 hours in his loft in Brussels, and we did not even manage to re-visit his private art spaces where he shelters part of a handsome collection of contemporary art that he started in late 2008. When we hopped on a tram heading to the WIELS for Jimmie Durham’s conference, Frédéric reassured me that he’s the only collector who takes public transport! Born into a wealthy family (Goldschmidt-Rothschild) in Paris, Frédéric takes on the slightest Parisian snobbism. He prefers to drop half of his family name and to “flee” the Paris crowd for a more casual setting in Brussels. It was his openness in spirit and his “freshness” in the art world that allowed us to pose some of the “annoying” questions that most collectors wanted to avoid in an interview.

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