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44 art&culture; hen Bryan Walsh talks about art, his passion is clear. Lucky for him, he gets to live that passion on a daily basis, both as a dealer and as a collector. Well known in Palm Beach County for heading DTR Modern Galleries in Palm Beach, Walsh brings to his clients works by the greats in the modern and contem- porary art world, as well as emerging artists he believes might become the Picassos of tomorrow. It's a business that serves him well in his own personal endeavors as a collector. "Being in the industry is beneficial to me," he says. "It opens my eyes to what's new and gives me an inside track to the latest exciting artists." Born and raised in Florida, Walsh has spent the last 20 years developing an insatiable passion for art. "[Col- lecting] is addictive," he says. "It snowballs and can take over." His early works were mostly traditional land- scapes he inherited from his grandmother. But as time passed, his taste changed dramatically, and his collec- tion is now strictly modern and contemporary with some diversions into pre-Columbian pieces and other antiquities that "serve as a kind of counterbalance." His first must-have acquisition was a sculpture: Woman with Arms (1997). The striking classical piece with a contemporary slant by Colombian artist Lina Binkele was the start of what is now a collection of 150 works. "Wall space has reached capacity at my house," laments the West Palm Beach resident. "I find I need to rotate pieces in order to be able to see them. I'm con- stantly playing musical chairs with my collection. If I don't have the space, I give pieces to friends to enjoy." W ABOVE: REGINE'S BLACK DIAMOND, HUNT SLONEM; FRAGMENT OF EGO, SABINE HOWARD. BELOW RIGHT: YOUR 15 MINUTES ARE OVER, ROBERT MARS; ARM OF JOE LOUIS,ROBERT GRAHAM; SKY PASSAGE, LOUISE NEVELSON; LOVE, ROBERT INDIANA. BELOW: 3-D PRINT OF DAMIEN HIRST'S THE PHYSICAL IM- POSSIBILITY OF DEATH IN THE MIND OF SOMEONE LIVING; CITTA SAMTANA METONYMY DIPTYCH 9, JAMES VERBICK; SKULL, RAINER LAGEMANN.