The Guerlains are mindful of the fate of an ancestor’s impressionist works, having no wish for their collection to be divvied up in the same manner

Private spaces show that tall poppies can grow in a Nordic climate

Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos' three-volume catalogue is painstakingly researched and beautifully presented

Despite reservations, the former oncologist and “fierce” collector has become a dealer in contemporary art

Art Basel Miami Beach '12 fair report

Created in consultation with the Russian Society for the Blind, Nadezhda Gubina and her husband Igor Vozyakov have created a didactic and tactile exhibition

Al Masryeen Al Ahrar (The Free Egyptians) is led by the Coptic art collector

The space is based on a former warehouse and will exhibit works biannually from his own collection as well as from other private collections around the world

The body of the billionaire hotelier was discovered at his villa in Neuilly-sur-Seine

Several leading US museums took the opportunity to add to their collections of Latin American art

The gallery will feature a selection of his 2,000 plus collection

Collectors and dealers alike must prepare for questioning as art-money relationship comes under the microscope

Victorian collectors’ pictures back on display

Collecting oneself—and a few others besides in the Victoria & Albert Museum Photographic Department

The public programme includes a sculpture park and videos screened on Frank Gehry’s New World Center

Passionate about porcelain, Royal Academy, London from 17 November 1998

Many have private museums, serve as trustees and lend to public museums

A “landmark” museum for Ukraine

If collectors are hungry for more, they can drop by commercial shows outside the fair organised by five of its galleries

Collecting outside of the box

The most expensive pieces may have been slow to sell, but otherwise it was as if the downturn never happened

The collector builds bridges with Tate and MoMA, and buys work by Kiefer, Cattelan and Hatoum

Farbod Dowlatshahi no longer advisor to Khalili trust

Denis Mahon’s gift of the century comes with conditions

Tracing the Swiss fair's ascent from discreet elite beginnings in the 1970s to its current prestige as the international art world's hot ticket

Modern and contemporary works are on the way to Korea and Brazil

The contemporary art collectors of Belgium

Figures saw buyers losing interest in the genre, before they regained confidence early last year

But emphasis is still on traditional works, with less understanding of contemporary art