An exciting unexpected and beautiful encounter with one collectors deeply personal assemblage of works. Since the 1980s Mickey Cartin has assembled a remarkable collection of objects and artRenaissance and modernist paintings master prints sculptures illuminated manuscripts and more. Exploring the theory behind collecting art and how Cartins approach to collecting diverges from common practices this publication offers a unique perspective on an intimate practice. Unconcerned with hewing to specific categories time periods or media Cartins collectionwhich includes the likes of Josef Albers Sol Lewitt and Forrest Besscreates active combinations and disrupts homogeneity privileging the drive of curiosity. A documentation of the celebrated exhibition Seen in the Mirror Things from the Cartin Collection at David Zwirner New York in 202 this catalogue includes additional artworks from Cartins trove along with views of his home conveying how he lives with these various types of work. Cartin selected each work in the exhibition and catalogue as a reflection of his deep connections with the many artists represented therein. The conversation between Cartin and David Leiber illuminates the tensions between study and instinct reading versus experiencing as well as the influences and figures that inform his personal curatorial practice. With an introduction by the curator of the Cartin Collection Steven Holmes and a text from the art historian Luke Syson this inspiring volume is a spirited investigation of a very different method of and approach to collecting.