Art collecting means different things to different people—some pursue it for pleasure, others for status, and some simply to decorate their living spaces.
For Amanda Precourt, collecting art has been a vital source of solace and strength.
Based in Denver, Precourt is a real estate developer and a committed mental health advocate who has openly shared her personal challenges. Alongside her father, Jay Precourt, she has been a principal supporter of the Precourt Healing Center, a new inpatient behavioral health facility opening this week in Edwards, Colorado, near Vail where she also owns a residence.
“I have been vocal about my struggles with anxiety and depression for nearly a decade,” said Precourt, 51. “Eventually, I decided to embrace who I am openly instead of hiding it.”
Her candidness about mental health has coincided with an intense period of serious art collecting.
She describes collecting as one of the many ways art has provided her with healing and purpose.
Her first significant acquisition came in 2016 with a punching bag titled “Know Your Magic Baby,” created by artist Jeffery Gibson.
Gibson, who integrates Indigenous heritage and cultural traditions into his art, resides in New York’s Hudson Valley and represented the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
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