Collectors
Why the new EU law aimed at stopping antiquities trafficking may hamper museum loans
While loans between museums are exempt from the additional requirements for proof of legal export from the country of origin and provenance documentation, those from private collectors will be affected
No-holds-barred biography of dealer and collector Douglas Cooper paints a picture of a fearless, controlling and deceitful man
Objectionable Cubist collector used skills developed in an elite network to become a tenacious “Monuments Man”
In Basel, alternative art fairs spring up in new places
Basel Social Club has moved to the Old Town, while a gallery takes over a villa
Anxious collectors are increasingly turning to freeport havens, experts say
Tax-friendly freeports and free trade zones are gaining in popularity with those wishing to avoid tariffs and new EU regulations
Tanks, castles and Hodlers: Swiss foundation tackles a fervent collector’s legacy
Led by Bruno Stefanini's daughter, the Foundation for Art, Culture and History has been cleaning and cataloguing the property magnate’s vast collection since he died in 2018
Comment | I've researched the next generation of collectors—and here's why they are not like the last
The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large on how millennials who collect art differ from previous generations—and what it means for the art market
Pauline Karpidas collection estimated to make £60m at Sotheby's
The London sales of mostly Surrealist art have the highest estimate ever placed on a single collection by the auction house in Europe
'I do believe in love at first sight': plastic surgeon Charles Boyd on why his heart rules his head in matters of art
The Michigan-based collector shares which local show he is most excited about, his latest acquisition and one work that got away
End of investment art? Why the bottom of the market is flourishing
Sales analyses show a clear reversal in growth trajectory as the top end continues to cool
Guy Ullens, collector and patron of Chinese contemporary art, has died, aged 90
The Belgian businessman co-founded Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in 2007 with his wife Myriam Ullens
Billionaire collector Thomas Kaplan to sell Rembrandt lion drawing to raise funds for wildlife conservation
Young Lion Resting, which went on show in Amsterdam this week, could approach a record price for a work on paper at auction next year
Anastasia Bukhman, the Russian-born collector behind a £1m donation to London’s National Portrait Gallery
Art was not a part of the philanthropist’s life growing up in a remote town in Russia, but moving to Europe some years ago opened her eyes, and she is now an avid collector and generous donor
‘He could be grotesquely, wildly intemperate’: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes
A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks at what made him tick
An insider's guide to Singapore Art Week: Ning Chong
Ning Chong is the co-founder of the private gallery The Culture Story with her father Chong Huai Seng
Billionaires’ report brings two surprises
In 2024 there were more than 800 multi-generational billionaires and the number of female billionaires has increased by 81% in the past decade, UBS report finds
A literary homage to Peggy Guggenheim that falls short
Historical fiction on the famed bohemian collector brings her relationships to life but leaves out much of what she actually achieved
MoMA PS1 receives $1m gift from trailblazing collector’s foundation
The gift to the New York contemporary art centre from the organisation named after David Teiger will help to fund an upcoming exhibition programme
How Craig Robins became a collector with an eye to the future, seen through the prism of the past
The Miami-based art lover and real estate developer refined his approach to acquisition and to promoting public art through a four-decade friendship with the conceptual art pioneer John Baldessari
South Florida, which has been dubbed ‘Wall Street South’, lures—but does not mint—collectors
The state’s finance surge has paid only modest dividends to the art trade
Gen X are the biggest spenders on art as ‘speculative’ millennials drop back, latest UBS/Art Basel survey finds
The 200-page report, authored by Clare McAndrew, also revealed stable Chinese buying and buoyancy at the lower end of the market as top end softens
Tate shows works donated by Greek tycoon Dimitris Daskalopoulos
Philanthropic gift of over 110 works integrated into displays at Tate Modern, Britain and St Ives
Collector’s eye: the art Heejae Kang has bought and why
The fashion entrepreneur took her time to deliberate when buying an expensive black balloon and finds that Louise Bourgeois’s works resonate with her on a sensual level
Can internet-born platforms fashion a print market fit for Gen Z collectors?
Digital players focus on transparent, algorithmically driven analytics to appeal to a younger base for whom the medium is cool. But that data still needs informed interpretation
New collector-backed Taipei museum faces criticism for steep ticket prices
Fubon Art Museum, whose chief executive has links to one of the world’s richest finance companies, is charging a $37 standard entrance fee
As collectors’ tastes for ornate interiors ebbs, challenges to the trade rise
The popularity of the ‘less is more’ look is putting art and antiques dealers under pressure
What will the UK's new Labour government mean for the art trade?
From the end of tax breaks on overseas income to new anti-money laundering laws, experts weigh in on what we can expect from the change
Who really was John Soane? The man and manifesto behind the magnificent house museum
Former museum director Bruce Boucher’s room-by-room account of the architect’s collection takes far readers beyond the catalogue
Florida hedge-fund manager building art park for prized Richard Serra sculpture
After abandoning a private museum project in Miami, Bruce Berkowitz will create a verdant art destination in the Florida panhandle
More than 80% of young, wealthy Americans want to collect art, survey finds
Bank of America surveyed more than 1,000 US citizens with more than $3m in assets for their poll of high-net-worth individuals
Peggy Guggenheim's time in Petersfield before she purchased her Venice palazzo
Before becoming an art collector extraordinaire, Peggy Guggenheim lived for five transformational years in the deepest Hampshire countryside