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Charles Riva Collection

Charles Riva Collection is a private contemporary art collection located in two spaces in the heart Charles Riva Collection opened to the public in 2007.

It is Charles Riva Collection’s will to promote education and appreciating for contemporary art by making works available to a large audience. CHARLES RIVA COLLECTION is located in Louise District in a 19th century mansion house. It has been showed monographic exhibitions by Jim Lambie, Paul McCarthy, Sterling Ruby or Robert Mapplethorpe and Steven Shearer. Thematic exhibitions have been presented

as “California” gathering artists such as Mike Kelley, Raymond Pettibon, Ed Ruscha, Jim Shaw or “Made in New-York” including works by Price Seth, Josh Smith, Cheyney Thompson, John Miller, Christopher Wool. RIVA PROJECT is a new space dedicated to contemporary sculpture and situated in a loft in Chatelain area. This space shows exhibitions through dialogue between several shapes of art or thematic presentation. Charles Riva Collection presents long-terms exhibitions curated primarily from the collections. The main line of the collection is American contemporary art. Artists showed are mostly American but also European modern and contemporary artists. The collection includes the work of renowned artists such as Thomas Houseago, Mike Kelley, Sherrie Levine, Robert Mapplethorpe, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ugo Rondinone, Steven Shearer, Josh Smith, Frank Stella, Francesco Vezzoli, Tom Wesselmann, Christopher Wool. Some works are also exhibited in the collector’s apartment but only accessible by appointment. Currently the spaces present two thematic exhibitions:

--- “The Power and The Glory”, Charles Riva Collection (Closed)

--- “Human Figure”, Riva Project (from April 20Th, 2016 to February 18th, 2017)

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02/09/2026

🖤 NEW ACQUISITION 🖤

Richard Avedon
Andy Warhol, Artist, New York City, August 20, 1969
9 ⅝ by 7 ⅝ in.
24.4 by 19.4 cm.

Shocking in its mapping of violence Richard Avedon took the iconic portrait showing Warhol stripped to the waist and revealing the severe surgical scars from the 1968 assassination attempt by Valerie Solanas. Avedon has cropped out superfluous identifying material and used the artist’s arms and black leather jacket as framing. The body has a heroic, even mythic presence.

Warhol’s right hand behaves like a calming and restraining gesture as if it were holding back his intestines which might spill out. The left hand peels back the waistband of the pants and underwear tentatively beckoning us to take a closer look. The whole form is a becomes an unsettling portrait, but not overwhelming, striking a balance between being unseemly or grotesque and mesmerizing.

The portrait serves a metaphor for the horrific violence of the late sixties. Indeed Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated two days after Warhol was shot (June 6, 1968).

We find this image profoundly moving, pertinent and masterful. A deeply haunting image that serves as a reminder that unlike the historic Momento Mori images rooted in Roman-Stocic traditions this image is distinctly modern as it reminds us of second chances. The ability to survive in the face of the most violent adversity. 🩶

Charles Riva The Richard Avedon Foundation

24/08/2026

The Charles Riva Collection continues to embrace the magnetic dialogue between art and design.

Design elevates the room, be it domestic or public, and perfectly compliments works of art from all periods, from antiquity to contemporary. We continue to present our collection in settings where there is a happy marriage between art and design. Together they add beauty and sophistication to every environment.

The space occupied by art and design in collecting deeply informs and shapes the Charles Riva Collection. 💫

Charles Riva

20/08/2026

Art doesn’t take holidays, not even in the summer.

Looking back to the summer of 2024 at Cipriani Ibiza with Steve Wynn. The Charles Riva Collection seeks collaboration to elevate discourse, and bring sublime exhibitions to a global audience.

Watch this space to see what unfolds for the rest of this year.

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07/07/2026

The Charles Riva Collection holds significant works by Paul McCarthy. Featured in our townhouse we have ~

Paul McCarthy
Propo series : Monkey Man, 1994
Cibachrome print on Aluminium
72 41/64 x 50 in.

Sometimes beauty walks hand in hand with the macabre. ❤️

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07/07/2026

Welcome to the Charles Riva Collection.

Upon entering our townhouse you are greeted by these two iconic works.

Andy Warhol
Marilyn, 1967
Screenprint
36 x 36 inches

Jenny Holzer
Living Series: There’s the Sensation of a lot of Flesh... , 1989
Granite bench
17 x 36 x 18 in.

Indeed there is no place like home. 🖤💋

Charles Riva The Andy Warhol Museum JENNY HOLZER STUDIO 🇧🇪

29/06/2026

🇬🇧London calling🇬🇧

If you are in London for Wimbledon stop by our London office in Mayfair to see this sublime exhibition.

Defining Form: A Landmark Presentation of Era-Defining, Seminal Works from the 1950’s and 60’s by the iconic British sculptor, Barbara Hepworth.

is delighted to present an exhibition of seminal works from the 1950’s and 60’s created by the iconic, Barbara Hepworth. This historic figure of the 20th century, challenged and conquered the male-dominated world of sculpture, developing a unique language of ‘pierced’ forms. The technique Hepworth pioneered was to greatly influence the trajectory of modern sculpture, and be adopted (though utilised to different artistic ends), by her close contemporary, Henry Moore.

The selected works in this landmark presentation comprise: ‘Reclining Figure II’ (1955-56), ‘Oval Form (Penwith Landscape) 1955-6, Three Small Forms’ (1964), ‘Elegy III’ (1966) and ‘Disc with Strings (Moon) (1969).

We hope to see you there.

Charles Riva

15/06/2026

🖤 NEW ACQUISITION 🖤

A double pleasure, Elizabeth Peyton’s portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe, based upon his iconic 1980 photograph ‘Self Portrait with Leather Jacket”.

Elizabeth Peyton
RM, 2007
Direct gravure etching with aquatint in black ink on Shikoku Surface Gampi paper, hand torn
17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33 cm)

Charles Riva Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Elizabeth Peyton

09/06/2026

The Charles Riva collection was delighted to have two important works in ‘Studio Iron’, the inaugural exhibition of Isamaya ffrench’s at Saatchi Yates.

On view for our collection were Paul McCarthy and Ugo Rondinone.

McCarty’s Brancusi Tree/Butt Plug distorts the familiar visual language of pop culture with a large-scale inflatable butt plug rendered in reflec-
tive fabric, at once absurd, confrontational and hollow.

Moonrise by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone is part of a series of a 12-part sculptural series of massive, figurative busts inspired by ancient ceremonial masks and Rondinone’s recurring interest in the calendar year. The collection is divided into distinct groups (such as Moonrise. East and Moonrise. West).

Paul McCarthy
Brancusi Tree, Butt Plug, 2007
Self inflatable mylar fabric
1 integrated fabric
190 × 95 cm (diameter)

Ugo Rondinone
Moonrise, West, 2004
Black polyurethane cast,
96 x 67 × 30 cm

Swipe to see the works in the groundbreaking exhibition.

01/06/2026

Living with art at the Charles Riva Collection. Pictured is a view from our current exhibition, ‘Selected Works’ in Brussels, if you would like to visit the show, entrance is by appointment only.

Richard Prince and Andy Warhol form a wonderful dynamic juxtaposition.

Richard Prince
Untitled, 2019
Inkjet on canvas
72 x 66.5 inches

Andy Warhol
Marilyn, 2967
Screenprint on paper
36 x 36 inches

29/05/2026

Charles Riva has been featured in . This short interview gives a good insight into the background of the collection and how Charles Riva approaches collecting. Click on the link in the bio to read more. 🔝🥂

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Brussels
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