Taschen, Benedikt (Personal Name)

Greatest of all time, c2003: p. 25 (Benedikt Taschen)

Das DDR-Handbuch, 2017: title page (directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen)

Wikipedia, viewed September 23, 2019 (Benedikt Taschen (born 10 February 1961 in Cologne, Germany) is a German publisher and contemporary art collector. He is the founder and managing director of the publishing house Taschen, one of the most successful international publishers, with illustrated publications on a range of themes including art, architecture, design, film, photography, pop culture, and lifestyle. Today, TASCHEN has offices in Berlin, Cologne, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris and Tokyo and stores in Amsterdam, Beverly Hills, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg, Hollywood, London, Miami, Milan, New York, and Paris. In 2014, TASCHEN opened their first art gallery in Los Angeles. Alongside his work in publishing, Taschen has also made a name for himself as a collector of contemporary art. In 2014, Taschen donated $500,000 to the Wende Museum in Culver City, California, to facilitate the founding of an international center for the exploration and preservation of the culture, art, design, and history of the Cold War; also he and his wife donated an extensive collection of works by young American and European artists to MOCA in Los Angeles. Taschen lives and works between Berlin and Los Angeles)