Karen and Christian Boros
Karen and Christian Boros collect international contemporary art from 1990 to the present. They show groups of works in rotating presentations inside a converted wartime bunker in Berlin, visited by guided tour.
Artists named in the collection
Olafur Eliasson, Ai Weiwei, Sarah Lucas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Anne Imhof, Tomma Abts, Cyprien Gaillard, Ed Atkins
On record
- The Reichsbahnbunker Friedrichstrasse was converted by architect Jens Casper and offers about 3,000 square metres of exhibition space.
- Each of the first four presentations drew between about 120,000 and 244,000 visitors, according to Wikipedia.
Questions
What does Karen and Christian Boros collect?Karen and Christian Boros collect international contemporary art from 1990 to the present. They show groups of works in rotating presentations inside a converted wartime bunker in Berlin, visited by guided tour.
Which artists are in the Karen and Christian Boros collection?Cited sources name works by Olafur Eliasson, Ai Weiwei, Sarah Lucas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Anne Imhof, Tomma Abts, Cyprien Gaillard, Ed Atkins.
Can the public see the collection of Karen and Christian Boros?Yes. Works are shown at Boros Collection in Berlin, Germany.
Sources
- Boros Collection, Wikipedia
- Boros Collection home page, Boros Collection, 2026
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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