We’re shown into fashion maven turned art agency founder Marleen Molenaar’s abode in Mid-Levels on an afternoon before she’s hosting a dinner party, following a private art tour she’d given to a group of collectors from Belgium
the day prior. While she might be relatively new to the art business – she set up her art agency, Neiman Molenaar, two years ago – she’s no stranger to the world of art collecting, having built her personal collection over the last 25 years.
The first piece we bought was a Chinese contemporary artwork by Qi Zhilong,” she recalls, though her aesthetic interest began well before that. I collected postcards and posters of paintings I liked as a student,” she says. I liked Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. My parents were also very aware of their aesthetic environment.” She recalls her first home, a small apartment furnished with designer pieces that her mother had purchased: Arne Jacobsen chairs, Arabia service ware and two Stelton teapots, one of which she still keeps in her home today. It all played a very important role in my life. I realised how important it is to be in an environment that I like aesthetically.”
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