David Bowie's art collection

David Bowie owned an extensive private art collection which included paintings, sculpture and furniture.

Bowie reportedly began appreciating and collecting art in the mid 1970s, when he moved to Berlin to escape his cocaine addiction.

[1] Artist and writer Matthew Collings characterized the collection as "bohemian, romantic, expressive, emotional art".

His was a deeply personal, eclectic collection, reflecting his British roots and his real passion for art.

"[4] In 1995, Bowie pushed for an exhibition of South African art, and he wrote about the 1995 Johannesburg Biennale for the magazine Modern Painters.

Though his family are keeping certain pieces of particular personal significance, it is now time to give others the opportunity to appreciate – and acquire – the art and objects he so admired."

[22] In June 2021, "DHead XLVI" was put up for auction by a Canadian company, and fetched a price of CA $108,120 (or roughly USD $87,800).