Inside Ed Cohen’s One-of-a-Kind Contemporary Collection

New York | March 2017

“If you’re an artist, you’re passionate not only about your art but about the big questions in life,” says artist and collector Ed Cohen. On 2 March, Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated auction in New York will be headlined by a single-owner sale sequence titled In Its Own Light – Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw. Works from the collection will also be offered in the 17 May Contemporary Art Day Auction in New York. Watch our video to discover Mr Cohen’s fascinating relationships with the artists in his collection, which includes enigmatic works by Lucian Freud, Anselm Kiefer, John Currin and more.

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