Collection Diary

'A good idea ten years too late. This is exactly how I feel about my decision to buy works of art as a project for a specific period of time: one year. The original plan was to buy one work each month, and at the end of the year to have twelve works by twelve artists, to be exhibited in a public space...' (Bob Nickas) Working independently, Bob Nickas has realized more than forty exhibitions for galleries and museums since 1984. He recently co-curated the Biennale of Lyon in France, is a regular contributor to Artforum, and serves as Curatorial Advisor at P.S.1 in New York.