Today for the second episode of XTer Asia season, Dispatch is going to talk to Barcelona-based art patron Han Nefkens. Despite having a lot of mutual friends through our cross-continent network, this is the first time our host Arlette meets Han. 

The conversation will anchor to Han Nefkens’ close engagement with Asia at large. We start from the new initiative of Han Nefken's foundation with major institutions across Asia, to Han’s very first activities in the continent at the AIDS-awareness event in Bangkok, and the idea of collecting without artwork possession. 

Han Nefkens is a writer, art collector, and patron of the arts. His collection of contemporary art consists of photographs, videos, installations, and paintings by Jeff Wall, Roni Horn, Bill Viola, Shirin Neshat, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and others...