Photography Collection

Laurenz Berges, Götz Diergarten, Elger Esser, Candida Höfer, Thomas Ruff, Sarah Schönfeld, Susanne Schuricht, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto

Arthur de Ganay began collecting photographic art while studying architecture in Paris in the mid-1990s. He is particularly interested in large-format photographs of landscapes and architecture. His encounter with the art of Hiroshi Sugimoto was of great importance and strongly influenced his subsequent collecting activity. Since his move to Berlin in 2001, his collections have focused more strongly on German photographic art, particularly the Düsseldorf ‘Becher School’ represented by artists such as Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth and Candida Höfer, to name some of the most important. The Arthur de Ganay collection has been open to the public since 2006. The collector gives personal guided tours of his exhibition space on the first Saturday of every month by appointment.