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Han Nefkens
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.
In 2001 he started the H+F Collection of contemporary art, which consists of photographs, videos,
Han Nefkens: “I am surviving AIDS, and art certifies that I am still alive”- La Vanguardia - 21 May, 2009
- Interview with Han Nefkens:“It awakened in me the desire to share” - La Vanguardia - 15 March, 2010
- Interview with Han Nefkens: Han Nefkens: “I’m more of a guardian than a collector” - El País - 14 August, 2010
- Henny de Lange interview with Han Nefkens: "Art is an enrichment of life" - Trouw - 30 October, 2010