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Remembering Sylvio Perlstein, the Belgian art collector and jeweller, who died aged 94

Perlstein—whose family fled from Antwerp to Brazil to escape the Nazis—was a great collector of avant-garde art and was friends with some of its leading figures

Matthew Holman
16 October 2025
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Sylvio Perlstein immersed himself in New York’s 1970s underground scene and collected works by Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brice Marden, Ed Ruscha and Cy Twombly

Photo: New York Times/Redux/eyevine
Art fairsnews
17 June 2015

Collectors emerge from behind the Iron Curtain

In east central Europe private collectors are leading the way, both promoting local talent and bringing international art to their countries

Julia Michalska
Collectorsarchive
31 May 2011

Belgium’s contemporary art collectors

The contemporary art collectors of Belgium

Melanie Gerlis