VOLUME IV / ISSUE VIII / JULY 2020
PATRONS' PLACE INSIDE THE MIND OF A COLLECTOR
RAPHAEL DAPAAH Art Contributor @dg_luxe
Raphael Dapaah brings another art patron to the pages of Polo Lifestyles this month with a Q-and-A with Dwight Smith. page 122
Name: Dwight Smith Occupation: Fair Housing Equal Opportunity Specialist Location: Kansas City, Missouri Collector Level: Patron When did you buy your first piece of art, and what was it? My first piece I actually bought and framed was one of those Keith Haring Montreux Jazz Festival posters. I
bought it when I was stationed in Germany way back in the early ‘90s, I still have that poster! How many pieces of art do you currently have in your private collection? The collection has definitely expanded into the hundreds; you kind of forget to keep score once you really get rolling. What drew you to collecting, and what does contemporary art by Artists of
