How to Collect Contemporary Art Now

Contemporary art consultant and curator Niamh White lives, like many of her generation, in a one-bed flat on an ex-council estate slap-bang in the centre of east London. Unlike most, however, her little space is crammed with contemporary art. It’s hanging on the walls, it’s wrapped in blankets and tucked behind the wardrobe, it’s propped up against the wall in the corridor. Where many of us invest our hard-earned money in clothes, or furniture, or extravagantly priced books,…