The founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, arrived on Ibiza in 1979, and entertained tourists and locals with his street-performing, fire-breathing antics. The maverick is still keen on Ibiza—but now owns a palatial residence in the west of the Balearic island, which is awash with works by high-profile artists such as Ugo Rondinone, Giuseppe Penone, Jimmie Durham, Andreas Gursky, and Camille Henrot. According to the Financial Times, Laliberté is also keen on Sarah Lucas (he owns her quirky 2012 sculpture made out of cigarettes, Benito Juárez) and has commissioned US artist Jenny Holzer to make a series of sculpted bench pieces for the villa grounds. The Art Newspaper understands that the Canadian entrepreneur, who reportedly paid $35m for a 12-day trip in space in 2009, also owns works by the British artist Susie MacMurray. The billionaire runs an exhibition venue on the island called Lune Rouge which is hosting a Takashi Murakami show (the exhibition, which runs across four sites in Ibiza, was co-organised with the Los Angeles gallery Blum & Poe; until 26 September). Earlier this year, Laliberté sold the majority stake in Cirque du Soleil to US, Chinese and Canadian investors. Forbes estimates his net worth at an eye-watering $2bn (which means a lot more blue-chip art is no doubt bound for his palatial Ibizan property).