1994年从高盛集团退休后,阿图尔·瓦尔特(Artur Walther)便开始了他在历史与当代摄影方面的收藏活动。以瓦尔特名字命名的收藏机构于2010年成立,致力于研究、收藏、展览和发表摄影及影像艺术作品。藏品主要存放在两个不同机构:总部在德国新乌尔姆,新分部在纽约,坐落在切尔西第26街上的切尔西艺术大厦里,一个被改造用作艺术展览以及其他活动的工业空间。自2010年成立至今,瓦尔特的收藏主要是专注在当代亚非影像艺术、美国本土影像以及19世纪欧洲、非洲摄影作品和书籍收 After his retirement from Goldman Sachs in 1994, Artur Walther began his collection of historical and contemporary photography. The collection, named after the Walter name, was established in 2010 to research, collect, exhibit and publish photography and video art. The collections are mainly housed in two different agencies: the new headquarters in New Ulm, Germany, and the new branch in New York City, located in the Chelsea Art Building on 26th Street in Chelsea, an industrial space that has been transformed into art exhibitions and other events. Since its establishment in 2010, Walter’s collection has focused mainly on contemporary Asian-African video art, native American video, and 19th-century European and African photographs and books