Mix & Match Fashion Photography Meets Contemporary Art

A vibrant survey of the unique collection of Nicola Erni, one of the foremost collectors of photography and contemporary art

Over 25 years, collector Nicola Erni has acquired artworks that speak to her passion for art, fashion, and social change, amassing one of the largest collections of photography in private hands.

Mix & Match surveys almost 400 works from her collection, bringing together fashion photographs and contemporary artworks in playful pairings. The most extensive survey of Erni’s collection to date, the book is organised in twelve thematic sections around dynamic subjects ranging from early fashion photography to today’s street style.

Nicola Erni’s impressive collection comprises fashion photography from the 1930s to the present day, photography of social change in the 1960s and 70s and an astonishing collection of artwork from visionaries such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, and many others.

Valentina Frutig is the senior collection manager at the Nicola Erni Collection.

Max Hollein is the Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Fabrice Hergott is an art historian and the Director of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris.