Thea Westreich Wagner

Thea Westreich Wagner (born 1942) is a New York–based American art patron and collector. In 2015, Thea Westreich Wagner and her husband Ethan Wagner donated their extensive collection of modern and contemporary art to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Life Washington, D.C. Thea Westreich Wagner lived in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area from 1964 to 1987.

New York City In 1987, Wagner moved to New York and opened an advisory office in SoHo. Over three decades, they amassed an 800+ work art collection. In response to their donation, the Wagners were awarded the insignia of Officer of the Legion of Honor in 2018. Founded by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion of Honor is France’s highest award.

Artists in the Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner Collection Charline von Heyl, Anne Collier, Liz Deschenes, Hito Steyerl, Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, Robert Gober, Bernadette Corporation, Jeff Koons, Sam Lewitt, Sol LeWitt, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, Rirkrit Tiravanija, David Wojnarowicz, Christopher Wool, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Eileen Quinlan, and many others.