Collector's Eye

‘The most unusual place I've installed a piece? Forty feet up in a tree’: John Quinn on his inside-out approach to art

The high-flying lawyer, who lists contemporary art as one of his passions, has opened a Los Angeles outpost of Croatia's Museum of Broken Relationships

Collector Fady Jameel on the transformation of the art scenes in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

The Art Jameel founder tells us how he juggles collecting for himself and for the foundation

'I installed a rotating penny loafer in our master bathroom': Richard Arregui on seizing the moment

The sales and marketing director at Vivant Skin Care seeks out art with a universal language

'We wanted to buy something cool that represented Miami and Wynwood': Jack and Tara Benmeleh on their immersion in their hometown

The native Miamians explain why taking a deep dive into the local art world is the best way to learn how to collect

Emerging art collector Mauro Mattei discusses ‘golden showers’ and eating well at fairs

The party-loving tax adviser and Titian fan, who sponsors an annual prize for emerging artists, dedicates his time at Frieze London to the Focus section

‘I can buy a work by looking at it on my phone‘: Nana Sao on being decisive with his collecting

The South African-born businessman, who helped bring a large-scale sculpture from Lagos to the Nevada desert, is developing a taste for tapestries

‘In some of the bubbles there was a face or the body of a woman trapped inside’: Valeria Napoleone on finding a connection with an artist's practice

The Italian collector, who helps fund the acquisition of women artists’ work by UK museums, likes to take her time when choosing what to buy

‘I’m looking for abstract voices, with a new take on the world’: Liesl Fichardt on her collection and top tips for visiting Frieze

The international lawyer, who is a member of the Contemporary Art Society’s Frieze acquisitions committee, on her love of blue paintings—and Pimlico pastries

'I buy from the heart and using my own eyes': Everette Taylor on trusting his tastes and instincts

The chief executive of Kickstarter has built a formidable collection of works by artists of colour, all the while remaining mindfull of his wall space—"I want to live with my art"

Venture capitalist Tony Lyu on his collection and favourite spots in Seoul

Lyu discusses how a light-filled former apartment informed his early art purchases, and what the legacy of the crypto boom will be for South Korea

'I talk to artists a lot; it’s a great privilege': Shane Akeroyd on how art world friendships shape his collection

The Hong Kong-based FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist explains why he is drawn to moving-image work and offers advice for the Basel newbie

'I decide to buy a work of art as soon as it aligns with my gut, heart and bank balance': James R. Hedges IV on his strategy for collecting

The leading Warhol photography collector explains why divorce papers stopped him buying a Vija Celmins painting and reveals Basel’s best party location

'We look, learn, and research over months and sometimes years': Mary Rozell on UBS's art collecting strategy

The head of the art collection of Swiss bank describes the joy of floating down the Rhine—and her soft spot for Nefertiti

'Slime Queen' collector Karen Robinovitz on her dream art purchase and the work hanging in her linen closet

Robinovitz's most recent art purchase was Yoora Lee painting from Half Gallery’s booth at Expo Chicago

‘Nothing beats mileage for developing your own collecting vision’: Komal Shah on what she collects and why

Former tech executive and California collector dreams of purchasing the entire suite of Hilma af Klint paintings

'Collect art with passion, purpose and values': Catherine Sarr supports artists through purchases, prizes and residencies

Sarr and her husband, Mamadou-Abou Sarr, organise an annual prize that supports emerging French artists and brings one of them to Chicago for a residency

'Look with your eyes, not your ears': the best collecting advice Allison Berg's been given and the Kaari Upson sculpture under the stairs

The writer, editor, producer and collector has a passion for Martin Puryear and 'badass' Magdalena Suarez Frimkess

'Just relax. You don’t have to have everything': Danny First shares advice for new collectors and his fantasy of sitting for Lucian Freud

An artist and collector, First runs a residency programme and operates a gallery from a shed in the backyard of his Los Angeles home

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'I have a painting of two pig butts—portraying love—hanging in my kitchen': collector Ashley Abess on what she buys and why

The Miami native got the collecting bug young, buying a series of portraits—which still hang in her home—when she was in college

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From a Keith Haring painting to a mummified Barbie: what collector Mario Cader-Frech buys and why

The adviser to the Untitled Art fair, and champion of contemporary artists from his native El Salvador, has only ever sold two works

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'I've missed out on works simply by answering an email a little too late': collector Beth Rudin DeWoody on the art she regrets not buying

Art patron owns the West Palm Beach exhibition space The Bunker, which displays works from her 10,000-strong collection

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'Male guests apparently find it rather disturbing': collector Catherine Petitgas reveals the startling artwork in her bathroom

The art historian describes her passion for Surrealism and why "less is more" is her collecting mantra

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Collector Aarti Lohia on her mission to digitise South Asian art archives

The head of the SP Lohia Foundation has begun a major new partnership with the National Gallery, London

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'If you love it, don’t give a fuck what anyone else thinks': restauranteur Jeremy King on what he collects and why

Lucian Freud's favoured dining partner says he still regrets letting a Hirst spot painting slip away

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'You snooze, you lose!' Collector Bimpe Nkontchou on the artwork that got away

The head of W8 Advisory and a key networker in the African art scene talks about her enduring love for a Ben Enwonwu work and her dream dinner party guests