At its heart CGN is a unique resource devoted to exploring and supporting the contemporary art market by listening to collectors and gallerists, promoting living artists and by educating new and future collectors. 

One of the ways we keep this exploration interesting is to regularly examine the various art collections in our midst. No collection is the same and each is as unique as its steward. CGN has conducted dozens of interviews over the years with collectors who have generously shared their stories, homes and treasured pieces with us. Collecting art is fulfilling pursuit, but there are bound to be delightful moments as well as inevitable challenges. We asked a handful of collectors to share their own stories or lessons learned, as well as some insight into what has kept them going and what may inspire the next generation of collectors who are so important to the future of the art market and today’s working artists. Keep up with CGN to read more collector stories and interviews.

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Leadership Advisory Committee members from left: Denise Gardner, Leah Hope, Joan Small, Elizabeth Catlett, and Isobel Neal at the presentation of the LCA Award to Catlett at the Art Institute in 2005.

“I showed Elizabeth Catlett’s work several times in my space in Chicago, Isobel Neal Gallery, years ago, so I am very excited to see a new exhibition of her art coming to Chicago. It’s a collaboration between the Brooklyn Museum, The National Gallery of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Elizabeth Catlett: “A Black Revolutionary Artist And All That It Implies” is an exciting retrospective exhibition of over 100 sculptures and prints by Catlett that opens at the Art Institute on August 30, 2025 and runs through January 4, 2026.

Long known and world-recognized for her strong imagery of women, children and social concerns, her work continues to be immensely contemporary and relevant today. It’s been wonderful to follow her career for years and to see this extraordinary exhibition come together for everyone to enjoy.”