Meet the collectors | Karen and Christian Boros

Art Basel’s ‘Meet the collectors’ film series celebrates today’s most inspiring patrons.
In this episode of ‘Meet the collectors’, we visit Karen and Christian Boros, the co-founders of the Boros Collection in Berlin. Beyond a remarkable selection of both emerging and established artists, the collection's true allure lies in its unconventional home. The so-called ‘Boros bunker’ served as an air-raid shelter during World War II and later as a storage facility for bananas in East Germany. After the fall of the Wall, underground techno and BDSM parties also took place there.
The pair purchased the building in 2003 and invested in a renovation that transformed the site into a stunning home for both the couple and their art. ‘What else could you imagine in a building like this one, born out of fascism, other than installing the art of freedom?’, asks Karen. Today, the Boros Collection features works by artists including Olafur Eliasson, Anna Uddenberg, Anne Imhof, Paulo Nazareth, Amalia Pica, and Bunny Rogers, among many others.
The Boros are remarkably curious - about the world, the present, and the artists they collect. ‘We're attracted by what's alien to us because it's the alien, the unfamiliar, the unconventional, which has the potential to help us progress’, says Christian.
The Boros Collection can be visited with a reservation via the website: www.sammlung-boros.de/.
Directress & Director: Gabriela Alatorre & Henrik Alm
DOP: Luke Sullivan
1st. AC: Ciro Kavouras
Sound Design: Ethan Houser
Music: Ethan Houser / First Body
Steadycam Operator: Felix Lang
Edit: Henrik Alm
Production: LE BERG
Art Basel 
Executive Editor: Coline Milliard 
Senior Editor: Alicia Reuter 
Video Commissioner: Jeanne-Salomé Rochat 
Creative Producer: Akiel Gallina

[@MikelGCinema]

Loved the video and their artwork, what a delight.

[@rodolfolarrea8493]

Their art can shine in the plane and open bunker spaces … neutral grey concrete walls and tall rooms are perfect to allow the art come alive … in this case the collector is as an artist as the artists itself … without the collector there are no art

[@skalli73]

the boros bunker and the changing exhibitions are an art highlight in berlin.

[@Han-uz1tl]

Collecting for the best reasons.

[@kariestar]

Video guarantees nausea. 🤢

[@art_means_artificial]

lovely edit, voice and sound