History
In 2003, the Dikeou Collection opened to the public; it is located in the Colorado Building, which dates from the 1800s and still has the original mail chutes, floors and architecture. The first leg of exhibition space featured the work of 10 artists: Rainer Ganahl, Ester Partegas, Juan Eduardo Gómez Osorio, Giasco Bertoli, Simon Periton, Vik Muniz, Momoyo Torimitsu, Dan Asher, Lee Stoetzel, Paul Ramirez Jonas. The work of Misaki Kawai, Luis Macias, Jonathan Horowitz, Chris Johanson, Sarah Staton, Wade Guyton, The Royal Art Lodge, and additional works by both Paul Ramirez Jonas, and Lee Stoetzel were added and the space expanded in 2004/5.
In September 2006, the exhibition space again doubled to include seven more artists: Janine Gordon, Lawrence Seward, Tracy Nakayama, Chris Gilmour, Lisa Kereszi, Serge Onnen, and Devon Dikeou herself.
In 2007, the exhibition space further expanded again to include five new artists: Agathe Snow, Margaret Lee, Joshua Smith, Johannes Van Der Beek, a solo sculpture by Drue Langlois (a past member of the Royal Art Lodge), and a lobby installation by Misaki Kawai.
In the fall of 2011 new work was installed by Nils Folke Anderson and Lucky DeBellevue. The Spring of 2013 will feature new installations by Lizzi Bougatsos, Anicka Yi, Sebastiaan Bremer, Margaret Lee, Justin Goldwater and Anya Kielar.
The works collected are meant to fulfill a complete vision of each artist given their particular medium. Each artist’s work is presented in an intimate setting, accompanied by the artists’ zingmagazine projects and statements as a complement to their work.
The Dikeou Collection is one of the private collections that is open to the public worldwide to be included in the debut edition of The BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors. "The BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors is the first joint publication by BMW and Independent Collectors, a partnership that began in 2009. Like other collaborative projects, this guide serves a collective goal: making private contemporary art accessible to the public."
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