About the Show

Collector takes a look inside the elite world of art collecting: an intriguingly personal, highly competitive and, at times, philanthropic passion.

Olivia Sterns interviews today's biggest collectors about their experience, strategy and motivations for pursuing prized works of art. Guests share their personal stories and show us highlights of their collections in a candid and informative discussion.

In the first episode, Olivia sits down with Ronald Lauder at the Neue Galerie in New York to find out why he spent a record-breaking $135 million on Gustav Klimt's "Adele Bloch Bauer I," and how he fell in love with art.

For the second episode, Olivia heads to L.A. to meet with Eli Broad. After building himself a billion-dollar modern art collection, Broad wants to share it. He's now focused on the Broad Art Foundation, an 1,100 work lending-library for museums worldwide.