Sylvio Perlstein

Sylvio Perlstein
Born1931 (1931)
Antwerp, Belgium
Died (aged 94)
Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation(s)Art collector
Jeweler

Sylvio Perlstein (1931 – 6 August 2025) was a Belgian art collector and jeweller.[1]

Perlstein was impassioned with Dadaism, surrealism, minimalism, conceptual art, Nouveau Réalisme, Arte Povera, and photography of the 1920s.[2] He was unknown to the general public prior to a 2007 exposition titled Busy Going Crazy, held at the La Maison Rouge in Paris.[3]

Perlstein was born in Antwerp in 1931.[4] He died there on 6 August 2025, at the age of 94.[5][4]

Works

  • La photographie n'est pas l'art (2009)[6]

References

  1. ^ Ho, Karen K. (8 August 2025). "Legendary Art Collector Sylvio Perlstein Has Died". ARTnews. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Photography from the Sylvio Perlstein Collection". Hauser & Wirth. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Busy going crazy, The Sylvio Perlstein Collection". La Maison Rouge (in French).
  4. ^ a b "Morre Sylvio Perlstein, colecionador de arte contemporânea, aos 94 anos". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Morre o colecionador de arte Sylvio Perlstein, aos 94 anos". O Globo (in Portuguese). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. ^ "La photographie n'est pas l'art : collection Sylvio Perlstein". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish).