Manuela Alexejew / Thomas Kausch: ItÆs not about the Money

This book tells the fascinating life story of Manuela Alexejew through her extensive collectionof paintings, sculpture and antiques, among which she lives with her husband CarlosBrandl in a grand loft in Berlin. Featuring works by artists as varied as Otto Dix, Otto Piene, George Condo, Allen Jones, Yayoi Kusama and Alicja Kwade (to name but a few), it is one of GermanyÆs most distinguished private collections of modern and contemporary art. Manuela AlexejewÆs life reads like fiction: with enviable looks she first worked as a flight attendant for Pan Am during the glamorous height of the airline industry, collecting eclectic experiences across the globeùfrom partying with Sophia Loren at the legendary Studio 54, to relaxed days at Oscar de la RentaÆs home in Santo Domingo. Alexejew then returned to her roots: art. Having studied at BerlinÆs University of Fine Arts, she now committed herself to collecting with an earnest passion, each acquisition based on her personal connection with the work, never with inves