ING Art Collection

ING Group’s collecting policy focuses on contemporary art by young and established artists; the aim is to create as much cohesion as possible among the individual artists and groups of artists from different countries. With an eye for authentic talent the collection is expanded. The artworks aim to reflect on the world and function as a thermometer of today's society of which we are part of.

The history of the ING Collection began in 1974 with the opening of a new head office for NMB (the Dutch bank for SMEs) in Amsterdam. In 1998, ING merged with Bank Brussel Lambert (BBL); and the acquisition of Barings Bank in 1995 and a majority stake in ING Bank Slaski in 2001 led to the addition of other important international collections.