Nicolai Frahm (born 1975) is a London-based Danish art advisor, exhibition producer, collector, and the co-founder of Frahm & Frahm and Dairy Art Centre, a contemporary art gallery in London which closed in 2014.
Nicolai Frahm | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation | Art collector |
| Spouse |
Mariana Herrera (m. 2018) |
Early life edit
Nicolai Frahm was born in 1975,[1] and grew up in Copenhagen in a family collecting and showing post-war European art to the public at their private art foundation. His father Flemming Frahm was a businessman and art collector.[2]
Career edit
He started his career at Sotheby's and Christie's in London before opening his own firm in London and Basel in 1997.[citation needed] Frahm and his brother Michael Frahm later founded Frahm & Frahm - a company specialising in producing institutional exhibitions, creating collaborations with contemporary artists, and building private art collections.[3] The Frahm brothers have collaborated with artist and activist Ai Weiwei.[4]
Frahm's own collection draws on post-war European abstract art, as well as art from the late 1970s to the present, and incorporates both emerging and established artists from America, Europe and Asia[citation needed]. According to Frahm, his collection includes artists such as Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, Ai Weiwei,[5] Julian Schnabel, Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami, Zeng Fanzhi and Sigmar Polke.[6]
Frahm was interviewed by the CNN[7] regarding the art market and featured in a How To Spend It article in The Financial Times.[8]
In April 2013, together with fellow art collector Frank Cohen, Frahm opened the Dairy Art Centre, a contemporary art gallery in Bloomsbury.[9] Open to the public, the gallery also offered education and internship training programmes and was available to hire as a venue space.[10] Its exhibition programme included solo-shows by John Armleder, Julian Schnabel, and Yoshitomo Nara.[11] The Dairy Art Centre ceased its activities in December 2014.
In 2013, Frahm was cited in the Evening Standard as being among the 1,000 most influential "Imagineers, Artists & curators" in London.[12] He has not featured on the list since 2013.[13][14][15]
Personal life edit
In February 2018, Frahm married model Mariana Herrera in Oaxaca, Mexico, at a 3-day extravagant wedding. [16]
References edit
- ^ "Nicolai Frahm". Art Observed. AO Art Observed. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Rethinking Museums - The Art Advisors - Part 1 - ASEF culture360". culture360.asef.org. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Frahm&Frahm". Frahm & Frahm. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Kennedy, Maev (28 August 2014). "Ai Weiwei prepares for Blenheim Palace show but must keep his distance". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Blake, Robin (16 October 2013). "Island, Dairy Art Centre, London – review". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Dairy Art Centre — Island". dairyartcentre.org.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ richardsthrlnd (17 June 2011). "CNN: Art under the hammer". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Masters class". Financial Times. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "British Collectors Frank Cohen and Nicolai Frahm Open New Art Space in London - Artinfo". blouinartinfo.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Dairy Art Centre — Education". dairyartcentre.org.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Dairy Art Centre — Exhibitions". dairyartcentre.org.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "The Power 1000 - London's most influential people 2013: Imagineers". standard.co.uk. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2018 - Visualisers: Artists & curators". 10 October 2018.
- ^ "The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2015 - Artists". 16 September 2015.
- ^ "The Progress 1000 | Evening Standard".
- ^ "An art collector and model had an extravagant 3-day wedding in Mexico – and the photos make it look like a fairy tale". thisisinsider.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.