Collectors

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Booming Chinese economy boosts art market

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

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Collectors drawn to Paris for synchronised mass of art fairs and auctions

But attendance was down at fairs devoted to works on paper

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Some of the leading contemporary art collectors of China

While the stereotype of Chinese collectors includes a focus on traditional and historical Chinese art, these collectors buck the trend

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How the missing Zodiac fountain heads continue to be a sore point for China

Several have appeared at auction in recent years; the whereabouts of five remain unknown

Collector Robert Wylde sues Gagosian

Further legal woes for the the gallery

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Fast forward video art

Artists love it as a medium, but are collectors and dealers too busy for time-based work at an art fair?

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Los Angeles Broad Art Foundation aims at ultra accessibility

Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad open their doors

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Anonymous art collector revealed

He is property developer David Lewis

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Interview with collector David Lewis: “It’s fun to watch people enjoy our paintings”

After 40 years of silence, Lewis talks publicly on the eve of his major loan exhibition

Jean Pigozzi's expansive collections in Congolese and Japanese art come together in new show

Jean Pigozzi convinces artist Carsten Höller to mix and match the French collector’s art in 'JapanCongo'

The market bounces back from the recession as big-ticket works sell for big-bucks

But despite strong headline sales, missed estimates and cautious collectors signalled that 2010 would not be a return to the wild days

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Actionist collection offered to Courtauld

Long-term loan from British collector would gather controversial works in public

Art Basel Miami Beach banks on the tried and tested

Established artists first to sell as collectors take their time over emerging talents

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Highlights of David John Lewis's collection to go on show next February in Liverpool

The more than 400 hundred works are described as “one of the largest collections of old masters amassed since the second world war”.

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‘I’ve never met anyone who collects cynically’: an interview with Steve Martin

The polymath performer Steve Martin has written An Object of Beauty, a novel set in the art world. So should every dealer he’s ever met be afraid?