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Hello, Columbus

After he figured out how to build a better billboard, Ohio native Peter Scantland began building a collection. Now, the 46-year-old is endowing and collaborating with museums, and offering a promising ideal of the younger collector.

Peter Scantland
"Many of the artists that I’ve collected I have had the opportunity to meet—these are artists that are in our lives and in our world. Although I do love studio visits, I’m primarily working through galleries and thinking about what artists I’m interested in, and trying to get ahold of the best work that I can," says collector Peter Scantland. Photo: Courtesy of Orange Barrel Media
Marion Maneker
October 10, 2025

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A common fear in the art world these days is that, because Millennials—as well as the micro-generation known as Xennials—are more interested in experiences than in accumulating objects, they will somehow become a “lost generation” of collectors. With that myth in mind, I wanted to speak to a collector from this supposedly missing generation—one who, in his mid-40s, has been active for some time and seems to be as engaged now as he ever was.