Collectors
Anish Kapoor mirror sells at Art Basel
Kapoor speaks of his fascination with reflective surfaces and how they interact with their environment
How much is David Khalili’s Islamic art worth?
The Sunday Times values it at $9 billion, but several dealers disagree
Australian collectors build their own museums
New museums in Sydney and Tasmania are in the works
Seven of the most prolific Indian art collectors
Four based in India, one New York Indian, one US couple and one Japanese buyer
Elaborate curiosity cabinets on display at the inaugural Scope Basel fair revive the 18th century kunstkammer
Are these a new hybrid of Artists-cum-collectors
Hartmut Rausch's collection to go on show at the Portikus Centre for Contemporary Art
The caretaker of the Städelschule shares his own collection with the public
Asia Week, New York: Dealers and auction houses report strong sales
There were new buyers and more collectors from India and China, but the art fairs were quieter events
1.3 billion Chinese people, but still not many substantial collectors of Chinese contemporary art
Here are the best known: one Swiss, one Chinese, one Belgian, three American and one British
Seattle Art Museum gets $1bn worth of art from 'incredibly devoted group of collectors'
The gift from 53 local patrons is one of the largest in the history of institutional donations
Norwegian collector to sue British university for return of his antiquities
But scholars say they are likely to have been looted from Iraq
World’s biggest art collector is buying again
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani of Qatar has now been pardoned
Museums in the US and UK pay tribute to Paul Mellon, collector and benefactor, in the centenary of his birth
Celebrating the greatest Anglophile of them all
Portuguese billionaire Berardo's UK shopping spree
José Berardo has bought eight large sculptures from the Cass Sculpture Foundation to display outside Parliament in Lisbon
Major collectors and new museums in the Middle East
Focus on Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman
Collector sells £15m Turner collection to buy Chinese contemporary art
Baron Ullens is acquiring new works for his Beijing gallery
Christie’s second "International Modern and Contemporary Art" auction in Dubai makes $9.4m
The Arab and Iranian art market seemed to be stabilising, while western counterparts struggle
Nazi crime revelations raise questions about the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The late collector Heini Thyssen forced himself to forget his family’s Nazi involvement, but so did the countries that vied for his and his father’s pictures in the 1980s. This well documented book gives the details
Tate launches appeal to buy Turner's Blue Rigi
The Blue Rigi has been sold to an overseas collector, and after last year's loss of the Dark Rigi the pressure is on
Collector forced to remove Kiefer sculpture from his property after it is legally classified as a 'structure'
Andrew Hall says he will now loan the piece to Mass MoCA
Russian collectors at Art Basel/Miami Beach
“It’s like a supermarket”
Miami Art Museum and Miami Art Central may merge
Collectors show their support for Miami art museums
Art Basel/Miami Beach '06: More international than ever
Most works sold on opening day and buyers came from all continents
Carlo Bilotti's plan to open a new contemporary art gallery in Rome will proceed following his death
Late collector’s Hirst “chapel” will still open
Stolen art discovered in reclusive collector’s estate
Christie’s and the Stair Galleries both cancelled sales as a result
This year's Art Basel proves Andy Warhol has become a universal brand name
Financial buyers have had a dramatic impact on the way the art market works
Property developers in Dubai organise shows of rare miniatures and Islamic art
Major collectors based in Gulf state are lending work
The trouble with art fairs: curators, collectors and dealers are starting to feel fatigued
As the sheer number of annual events continues to grow, fair fatigue has become a common condition