The Collectors' Edge

Join us, Nordic Art Partners, as we discuss the compelling work and career of American painter Joan Snyder. Discover key biographical details of her formative years, the limited role of art in her upbringing and how her determined approach to evolving her own formal visual language shaped her artistic development. We discuss a wide array of her formative influences, ranging from Van Gogh, through German Expressionism to Jackson Pol...

In this episode of The Collectors’ Edge join us, Nordic Art Partners, for a discussion about the work and career of Miriam Cahn, the audacious Swiss painter whose figurative works are amongst the rawest and most expressive of the entire contemporary art milieu. From her formative years in Basel to her education at the Schule for Gestaltung, Cahn has always been an agent of activism and protest, where her bold and unremitting stance...

In this episode from Nordic Art Partners, discover the work and career of Ron Gorchov, an enigmatic figure who pioneered major innovations in painterly abstraction in the late 1960s. We recount his early biography, beginning in the 1950s; a classic rites of passage story of a bohemian artist in post-war New York, a city teeming with life and a magnet for artists who flocked in droves to the tenement apartments of downtown looking t...

From the inception of his art career in 1968, Knoebel's work has been consistently driven by a quest to pare painting (and art generally) back to its absolute essentials. From an interest in readily available, humble materials to the manner in which colours can relate to other colours to create works of meditative intensity, his is an art that has always tried to distil and simplify, rather than become more complex. 

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In this episode of The Collectors’ Edge we discuss the work and career of Austrian painter Martha Jungwirth. Join us in this insightful episode to learn how her dynamic and textured paintings have earned her widespread acclaim, relatively late in life. Hosted, as always, by Nordic Art Partners' Jeppe Curth and Nicholas Robinson, we take you on a journey through Jungwirth’s evolution—from her early days in Vienna at the Academy...

In the lastest episode of The Collectors’ Edge from Nordic Art Partners we discuss the life, work and career of Friedrich Kunath, a celebrated German artist now based in Los Angeles. From his early experiences in pre-unification, Communist East Germany to the pinnacle of today’s art world, we discuss what makes Kunath’s work distinctive and unique and just why it has an incredible breadth of appeal to a wide range of tastes and geo...

Not all stars of the art world are overnight sensations. Join us on The Collector's Edge as we explore the extraordinary perseverance and journey of Katherine Bradford, an artist who embraced her true vocation somewhat later in life than many, but has gone on to achieve acclaim and recognition for her unique painterly vision. Learn about her formative years, her bold move to New York City in 1980, and the powerful themes of li...

The greatest artist of the Twentieth century and one of the most iconic figures of all time....what if you could own a piece of Pablo Picasso's unique artistry without breaking the bank? That's exactly what we uncover as we embark on an exploration of Picasso's fascinating journey into ceramics. From his iconic Blue and Rose periods to his groundbreaking work in Cubism, we trace the evolution of his art, arriving at ...

Modesty, quietude and humility are rarely words associated with history's greatest painters. Join us as we take a look at the life and work of Lois Dodd who has dedicated more than 70 years to further honing of her practised eye.

We unravel the remarkable journey and achievements of Dodd, a pioneering woman artist who originated from the downtown New York scene of the 1950s, when bohemian life there was vibrant and ne...

Is Heinz Mack the most undervalued artist of the 20th century? Join Nordic Art Partners Jeppe Curth and art expert Nicholas Robinson on The Collector's Edge as we explore this provocative question and the genius of Mack, most known as the founder of the ZERO movement in the late 1950s and a pioneering figure in the experiential properties of light and colour in abstraction . 

We take you through Mack's remarkable...

Can the quiet beauty of Italian medieval architecture and lush Piedmont landscapes captivate modern art enthusiasts? In this episode, we delve into the intriguing work of Salvo, an influential Italian artist most renowned for the sumptuous colours and serene poise of his landscape paintings. We discuss his career and current market position and try to unpick the reasons for his growing reputation, almost a decade after his passing.

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What if a forgotten genius of Brazilian art was right under our noses all along? Join us for an inspiring exploration of Francisco 'Chico' da Silva's life and work, as Nicholas Robinson, a contemporary art expert, guides us through Chico's remarkable journey. From his early artistic influences rooted in the myths and legends of Amazonian visual culture to his global acclaim at the 1966 Venice Biennale, we trace ...

Meet the Nordic Art Partners, Jeppe Curth and Nicholas Robinson, Copenhagen based modern and contemporary art dealers and your guides through these episodes. Learn about the mechanics of the art industry, their exploration of under appreciated giants of modernist art and their various methodologies that enable wisdom in collecting and art acquisition.  

Join us as our art expert, Nicholas Robinson, shares his infectious en...