The Haupt Collection entitled "Thirty Pieces of Silver — Art and Money" is a thematic Berlin-based collection of contemporary art curated by Stefan Haupt.
It is shown in rotating exhibitions in both national museums and art galleries, as well as by appointment in the space of Haupt's Law Firm.
Initially dedicated to the photographic medium, Haupt shifted his focus to money art in the mid-'90s, inspired by an origami sculpture by New York-based Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei.
In the following years, this inspiration developed through visits to art fairs and galleries, as well as Internet research.
For art collector Stefan Haupt, the fascination with money is that — besides sex and death — it is a phenomenon about which we do not speak although it is one of the determining factors of human existence.The collection comprises some 200 works in varying techniques and approaches that provide an overview of the study of money in contemporary art.