# @sothebys on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=JccUb-eIULM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70850856-sothebys-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/16d7c6badb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-26T21:57:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's (@sothebys) — https://gondola.cc/sothebys

## Caption

For more than half a century, Count Durkheim has approached collecting less as an acquisition strategy and more as a way of understanding the world. Beginning with a chance encounter that introduced him to the work of Georg Baselitz, his collection grew into a deeply personal exploration of postwar German art, shaped by curiosity rather than trends.

Along the way came rare works by Gerhard Richter, transformative encounters with Sigmar Polke, and a conviction that art reveals far more than art history alone. What starts as a conversation about collecting becomes something richer: a reflection on ideas, politics, memory and the artists who reimagined Germany after the war.

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#FineArt

## Stats

- **Views:** 11,775
- **Likes:** 159
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- **Comments:** 5

## Tags

artcollector, gerhardrichter, fineart, contemporaryart, sigmarpolke, germanart, georgbaselitz, artmarket, artcollection, sothebys, postwarart, modernart

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