Tiqui atencio demirdjian biography sample

Venezuelan-born collector Tiqui Atencio has been collecting art since she was 18 years old.

Is Collecting a Heroic Commitment or a Crazy Sickness?

After decades, she has built up an eclectic collection with a focus on Latin American modern and contemporary art. In late 2016, she published the book “Could Have, Would Have, Should Have”, in which she has interviewed more than 80 of the world’s most influential art collectors. Hoping to bring readers to the inside of the world of art collecting, she asked these fellow collectors to tell their own story of how they started collecting and what continues to motivate them.

In turn, Larry’s List has got Tiqui Atencio to talk about her own collection and her motivation and thoughts behind her book.

Collecting

How has your family background influenced you to become an art collector?
When I got married my father gave me a Bernard Buffet painting as a wedding present and I bought my own first pieces one year Tiqui Atencio: For The Record | Contemporary Art | Sotheby’s ZIFI