The American art collector Norton Simon assembled his astonishing collection of more than 8,000 artworks in just thirty-five years. In 1966, with no permanent home for the growing collection, Simon created his 'museum without walls' programme – lendi...

Edgar Degas was one of the first artists collected by the industrialist and art collector Norton Simon (1907-1993), as well as one of the last. In the short span of less than thirty years, Simon assembled one of the world's most impressive private ar...