Many of the tensions and contradictions characteristic of artistic and cultural practices in postmodernity are distilled in the collecting of contemporary art: the relationship of rupture or continuity with past traditions, the function of criticism and theory, questions relating to production and authorship, the complex influence of the art market…

The poetry of objects analyzes private collecting in Spain, its history, its present situation, its legal and economic aspects and its future challenges through interviews with leading figures in the Spanish art world: collectors such as Pilar Citoler , Javier Lacruz or Antonio Pérez , managers such as Alberto Anaut or Lourdes Fernández , and theorists such as Javier Arnaldo.