Christian Boros

Christian Boros
Born Christian Boros
1964 (age 53–54)
Zabrze, Poland
Residence Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Wuppertal
Known for advertising agency founder and art collector
Spouse(s) Karen Lohmann
The Bunker, now an art gallery

Christian Boros (born 1964) is a German advertising agency founder and art collector, who owns an art gallery in a former bunker in Berlin.

Early life

Christian Boros was born in Zabrze, Poland in 1964.[1] His family moved from Poland to Cologne, West Germany, in order to escape communism.[2] Boros earned a degree in communication design from the University of Wuppertal, Germany. He wrote his thesis on the aesthetic of the evil characters in James Bond.[2][1]

Career

Boros founded an eponymous advertising agency in Wuppertal.[3] Boros has appeared in the ARTnews list of the top 200 collectors since 2006.[4]

In 2003, Boros and his wife purchased a former Second World War bomb shelter, the Reichsbahnbunker in Mitte, Berlin. The bunker was converted by Casper Mueller Kneer, who are responsible for White Cube in London. In 2008, Boros opened his gallery in the bunker.[3][5] The gallery space of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) was designed by Realarchitektur, including the rooftop residential penthouse, and contained pieces that Boros had been collecting for over 30 years.[4][6] The collection includes numerous works by Danh Vo, Elizabeth Peyton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ai Weiwei, Thomas Ruff, Klara Lidén, Anselm Reyle, Tobias Rehberger and Olafur Eliasson.[4][6][7] Entrance to the gallery is by guided tour only.[7]

Boros' bunker was built in 1943 by the architect Karl Bonatz on the orders of Adolf Hitler.[3] After the Second World War, the bunker was used as a fruit warehouse, before later becoming a fetish nightclub,[8] with a reputation for being the "most hardcore club in the world," featuring techno music and frequent sadomasochism (S&M) nights,[3] or "raves and sex parties" according to ARTnews.[4]

Personal life

Boros is married to Karen Lohmann, and they live in Berlin, in a 550 sq metre (5920 sq feet) penthouse flat above their gallery.[4][2][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Christian Boros". CREATIVE NRW. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Wagstyl, Stefan (6 July 2017). "Christian Boros, the art collector who lives in a Nazi-era bunker". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 March 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tzortzis, Andreas (12 June 2017). "In a Berlin war bunker, Christian Boros creates a showcase for art". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Karen and Christian Boros -". ARTnews. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Bucknell, Alice (9 January 2018). "This Nazi-Era Bunker Is Now a Thriving Art Gallery". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 Woeller, Marcus (2 May 2017). "Manche Kunstwerke passen besser in den Bunker". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 "The Bunker Experience: Berlin's Boros Collection". The Huffington Post. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Pines, Giulia (7 September 2017). "The re-purposed Boros Bunker represents Berlin's persistent spirit of reinvention". The Independent. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  9. ↑ name, Site. "Christian Boros & Karen Lohmann / Power 100 / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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