Collectors

Anthony d'Offay on why it’s good to give

The dealer-turned-philanthropist tells us about his decision to offer his collection to Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland

Long Museum founders to open third space in just four years

Chinese collectors Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian look beyond Shanghai to vast but lesser-known city of Chongqing

Rich list 2016: fortunes drop for several British-based art collectors

Lakshmi Mittal and Roman Abramovich have slipped down the Sunday Times ranking

Will Elton John donate classic photography works to Tate?

More than 150 modernist images drawn from the musician’s collection will go on show later this year

Art world’s billionaires are slightly less rich

Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s wealthiest people reveals that personal fortunes may have taken a hit, but the same names stay at the top

Ken Griffin spends reported $500m on two Abstract Expressionist paintings

Billionaire hedge-funder is believed to have bought works by De Kooning and Pollock in one of the biggest private sale in history

Miami collectors back White House hopefuls

Who is supporting whom with hard cash

Collectors support El Salvador

US artist Mark Dion visits local artists as part of new exchange programme

US collectors dash to Cuba

Diplomatic thaw draws collectors and curators to the Caribbean island

François Pinault denies Paris museum plan

Reports say city’s mayor will help to find site

Danh Vo and Dutch collector settle legal battle

The Danish-Vietnamese artist will no longer have to create a “large and impressive” work for Bert Kreuk

Guerrilla Girls take aim at ‘cartels of collectors’

Feminist art activists plan “anti-billionaire” campaign to highlight discrimination, which kicks off in Minneapolis

Liu Yiqian’s notable acquisitions

Other important works bought by the Chinese taxi driver turned billionaire who snared Modigliani’s record-setting nude

Hong Kong debut for M+ museum’s founding collection

Exhibition from the Sigg Collection of Chinese contemporary art coincides with show in Switzerland

Dasha Zhukova backs $1m artist residency at MIT

The Russian arts patron credits her microbiologist mother for an interest in science and technology

Shop 'til you Pop art: Lebanese retail tycoon opens museum-mall in Beirut

At Tony Salamé’s $100m Aishti Foundation, visitors can see a major show of abstract works or shop in a string of luxury boutiques

Detroit art space opens with punchy pop of colour

Collector Gary Wasserman looks to the Motor City’s post-bankruptcy future with new interdisciplinary venue

Collectors can find a new niche at Frieze Masters

David Bailey’s torn portraits, sculpture from Borneo and netsuke put the eclectic into Collections

The Broad: as big as its founders’ influence

The art in Los Angeles’ new private museum is as titanic as the funding

Is it time for regional museums to woo big collectors?

Summit in Sheffield asks how arts organisations can attract private patronage

Was this unknown man Italy’s greatest collector?

Federico Cerruti died with a treasure-filled house in which he had slept only one night

Luciano Benetton’s collection presents a united view of the world’s cultures

But Venice exhibition is also full of political unrest and upheaval

Lawnews

Collectors vs art advisers: the trouble with verbal contracts

The Maleki case exposes the perils of mixing business with friendship in the art world

Miami U-turns on hedge funder’s private museum after media savaging

City promises to clear any hurdles to allow Florida collector Bruce Berkowitz to share his art with the public

Collector turns Ibiza salt warehouse into Modern art gallery

Clubbers’ paradise is turning into unlikely culture destination