The updated BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 256 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public- featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown. Succinct portraits of the collections with countless color illustrations take the reader to more than fourty countries, often to regions or urban districts that are off the beaten path. This practical guide is a collaborative publication stemming from the partnership between BMW and Independent Collectors, the international online network for collectors of contemporary art. To date, neither the Internet nor any book has ever contained a comparable assembly of international private collections, including several that have opened their doors to art lovers and connoisseurs for the first time. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4144-6)Collections featured (selection): Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), White Rabbit - Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, Lyon Housemuseum, Museum Liaunig, Maison Particuliere, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Herbert Foundation, Verbeke Foundation, Inhotim - Instituto de Arte Contemporanea & Jardim Botanico, Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, M Woods, Collection Lambert, Peyrassol - Parc de Sculptures, La Maison Rouge, Rosenblum Collection, Museum Frieder Burda, Sammlung Boros, Sammlung Barbara und Axel Haubrok - Haubrokprojects, Sammlung Hoffmann, Museum Biedermann, Julia Stoschek Collection, Sammlung Goetz, The Walther Collection, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sammlung Schroth, Sammlung Grasslin - Kunstraum Grasslin & Raume fur Kunst, Das Maximum - KunstGegenwart, Jupiter Artland, Saatchi Gallery, Zabludowicz Collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Devi Art Foundation, Il Giardino dei Lauri, Collezione Gori - Fattoria di Celle, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, La Coleccion Jumex, Art Stations Foundation, The Hess Art Collection, Fundacio Sunol, Centro de Artes Visuales Fundacion - Helga de Alvear, Fondation Beyeler, Nesrin Esirtgen Collection, Pizzuti Collection, Girls' Club, The Menil Collection, de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Rubell Family, Collection and Contemporary Arts Foundation