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Han Nefkens is a Dutch art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. He was born in Rotterdam in 1954 and is the son of a Dutch diplomat. He studied economics at the University of Amsterdam and later worked in the banking industry. In the early 2000s, Nefkens began to focus on his passion for art and started collecting contemporary art. He has since become a major collector of contemporary art, with a focus on Latin American and Asian art. He has also become a major patron of the arts, supporting numerous art institutions and initiatives around the world. Nefkens is the founder of the Han Nefkens Foundation, which supports contemporary art and culture. He is also the founder of the Han Nefkens Fashion Award, which recognizes emerging fashion designers from around the world. Nefkens has received numerous awards for his philanthropic work, including the Order of Orange-Nassau from the Dutch government and the Order of Merit from the Spanish government. He is also a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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2006

In 2006, Nefkens set up ArtAids, a foundation that uses art in order to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS and improve the lives of people living with HIV.

2001

In 2001 he started the H+F Collection of contemporary art, which consists of photographs, videos, installations and paintings by – among others – Jeff Wall, Sam Taylor-Wood, Bill Viola, Shirin Neshat and Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Nefkens places them on long-term loan to museums in the Netherlands and abroad, including the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk.

1995

In addition to being a collector and patron of the arts, Nefkens is also a writer. His first book, Bloedverwanten ("Blood Brothers"; 1995), is a semi-autobiographical novel about two brothers who are both infected with the AIDS virus. This was followed by a collection of short pieces,Twee lege stoelen ("Two Empty Chairs"; 2005). The book De Gevlogen Vogel notities over een herwonnen leven ("Borrowed Time: Notes on a Recovered Life"), which was published in 2008 and has been translated into Spanish, is a report of the lengthy recovery process of Nefkens' HIV induced encephalitis.

1954

Han Nefkens (born 1954) is a Dutch writer and art collector. Nefkens purchases and commissions international contemporary art with the specific purpose to give it on long-term loan or donate it to museums.

Born in Rotterdam in 1954, Nefkens studied journalism in France and the United States. He worked as a radio correspondent in Mexico for eleven years. He discovered in 1987 he was HIV-positive.