The Fine Art Society’s exhibition Gordon Reece: The Art of Collecting runs from May 23-June 16. It has been curated by Reece and presents African sculpture and artefacts from the former dealer’s collection alongside the FAS’s own 20th century art and design.
Reece opened his first gallery in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, in 1981 and went on to open two more, including one in London, holding more than 200 exhibitions. In 2008 he closed his galleries to semi-retire and to take on other ventures, such as staging a 2014 exhibition of historic Japanese fabrics at Somerset House.
Here he talks to Frances Allitt about how the trade for tribal art has changed for the wider world and for him.