Reinhold Würth earned billions with screws – and invested some of it in art. A conversation about what it’s like to pay more than 20 million for a picture.
A hot summer day in Hohenlohe, in the glistening sunlight, the Carmen Würth Forum, a minimalist building made of glass and concrete by the architect David Chipperfield, stands on a green meadow opposite the Würth headquarters. It houses the Würth 2 Museum and the Würth Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall. Inside, Reinhold Würth enters the room in a suit, with small steps and slightly hunched over. He is now 89 years old. His biographer Helge Timmerberg described the billionaire as having a “friendly fragility”. That sums it up pretty well. For once, today it will only be marginally about the company. Instead, it’s about the art collection that Würth has built up over decades. It is one of the largest private collections in Europe.
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