Baryn Futa: Expert Collector and Supporter of Contemporary Art and Video Media

Baryn Futa is an art collector who has been supporting the contemporary arts specifically, especially time based (video) media. Baryn Futa has been collecting in recent years, ever since he retired. Baryn Futa has sought to develop his love for the arts by furthering his knowledge of the arts. He did this at first by getting involved in the Denver Art Museum. Today, Baryn Futa is a member of the Collection Committee of the Denver Art Museum, a position he is well suited to.

After his initial work with the Denver Art Museum, Baryn Futa sought to learn more about the arts by going to art fairs, going on group trips, and collecting art himself. He also learned about art history, both online and in traditional classrooms. Baryn Futa today is a member of around a dozen different art museums, including the Guggenheim and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Baryn Futa: Committed to Supporting and Investing in Contemporary Art

Baryn Futa recognizes the importance that art plays in the overall culture and is more than willing to invest his own time, money, and effort into helping to support the arts. He has shown that time and time again through his actions. Baryn Futa has been able to contribute to the arts as a supporter, a funder of exhibitions and museums, and a collector of fine art, especially of the contemporary variety. People need to be supportive of the arts, in the eyes of Baryn Futa, and he is more than willing to lead by example. He has been investing in the arts for years now, especially in the contemporary arts. He has placed a special focus on the public display of video art (time based media).

Since his retirement, Baryn Futa has been supporting the arts seriously. This journey towards understanding the arts better and supporting them began when he started participating in the Denver Art Museum. After that he began going on group art trips, visiting art fairs, and starting an art collection of his own. This was only after he had attended classes, both online and in classrooms, regarding art history. Today Baryn Futa is a member of more than a dozen museums in the United States, including the Guggenheim and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Baryn Futa's Artistic Journey

As a prolific arts patron, Baryn Futa does the best he can because he sincerely believes the arts to be among the most beautiful aspects of life. However, he believes there is more to the arts than just beauty. He recognizes the arts as playing a necessary and defining element of any culture and every society. For those reasons and many others, Baryn has come to the conclusion that art should always be preserved for future generations.

From Baryn Futa’s perspective - and he is not alone - the art of the past has managed to build a bridge to our ancestors in a way nothing else can. That is why he believes it is our responsibility as a society to we preserve as much art as possible for future generations. In addition to old or ancient art that has been preserved through the centuries, we should also preserve as much current artistic expression as possible, for posterity. After all, if art is seen as communication, we should continue the conversation well into the future.

Baryn Futa Believes Art is a Key to a Society’s Identity

Baryn Futa was actually late to the party when it comes to art and art appreciation. He certainly didn't always possess a deep appreciation for the arts. It wasn't until he retired and began working with the Denver Art Museum that he began to appreciate the importance of art to society. No one was more surprised than he that he felt such a deep attraction to the art world. To Baryn Futa’s mind, brilliant artists are not appreciated enough to thrive, so he has spent his life doing as much as he can to help.


While nearly everyone appreciates the arts on some level, not everyone is in a position to support the arts to the extent that is needed. When Baryn Futa realized that he is in a position to support arts and artists, he understood his dumb luck. He is obviously trying to take on as much of the responsibility for art that he can shoulder. While he sees the arts as a as a profitable and useful investment, he also sees art preservation as a necessity that benefits all of society.

The reason Baryn Futa’s art collection is very extensive now has little to do with the potential return on investment; he has no intention of selling his art for a profit. He collects art because that investment is the best method for preserving art for the future. He doesn’t buy and sell art with an eye on preserving art for the future, not to make a profit now. Though art appreciation is considered by most to a key element of every human society and should be supported, too often artists are taken for granted and their art is not appreciated as a priority. That neglect serves as a primary driver for Baryn Futa's work in support of the fine arts, as both a benefactor and someone who simply appreciates the finer things in life.

It Happened Late, But Baryn Futa is Now a Full-Fledged Arts Benefactor

More than anything else in life now, Baryn Futa hopes to create conditions where brilliant artists are appreciated to the point of thriving. He wants that to happen because the arts benefits every aspect of society and those who create it should be rewarded for helping to establish a societal identity.Baryn plans to learn everything he can about art because he really wants to improve the situation. Baryn plans to learn everything he can about art because he really wants to improve the situation.

Baryn Futa established his own art collection as a way to preserve art for the future. Over time, that collection has grown very extensive and impressive. He admits to ap-preciation for the lucrative investment opportunity the fine arts represents, but the profit potential as a secondary benefit of support for the arts. Overall, By increasing awareness for the arts, Baryn truly hopes to improve conditions in the art world, so that more creative people can leave their imprint on society as a whole. That will make everyone much better off.  Baryn Futa likes to loan his best pieces to art museums, so that more people can see them and appreciate them.

It is a Love of Creativity That Drives Baryn Futa’s Passion For Art

Whereas Baryn Futa currently sees the arts as a necessary and defining part of any culture and important enough to preserve for future generations, this wasn’t exactly a lifelong dream. It wasn’t until Baryn retired and began working with the Denver Art Museum that he began to fully appreciate the beauty and significance of the arts and no one was more surprised than he. He attended numerous arts classes over the yearsand started his own art collection, which has become very extensive.

These days, Baryn Futa has a number of memberships in prominent art museums with impressive collections of their own, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, and The Jewish Museum.While he was late in appreciating the arts, Baryn Futa seems to be making up for lost time. He is aware that the art of the past puts us in touch with our ancestors in a way that nothing else can and Baryn Futa strongly believes we owe it to future generations to preserve as much art as possible. Not only is art a useful and profitable investment, but it also benefits all of society. That said, his love and appreciation for art came somewhat late in life.

Preserving Art for the Future is Baryn Futa’s Main Lot in Life

These days, in addition to his own very impressive collection, Baryn Futa holds memberships in many prominent art museums with impressive collections of their own. As often as he can, Baryn loans pieces from his own collection to museums. He wants to preserve art for the ages and that will only happen if more people to appreciate the arts as he does. Like most art collectors, Baryn Futa has comes to see his art collection as a very profitable and useful investment, but that isn’t why collects art. All of this is an effort to pick up some of the slack on art appreciation because that’s the key to art preservation.

His memberships in the Guggenheim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Jewish Museum are part of that effort, as well. The more people get to see art, the more they appreciate it and the more likely preservation of art for future generations is possible. Because Baryn Futa believesthe arts to be a necessary and defining part of any culture, art is important enough to preserve for future generations. Put simply, Baryn Futa is doing his part to keep history alive for his descendants.