Collectors

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

Collectorsarchive

Collector sells £15m Turner collection to buy Chinese contemporary art

Baron Ullens is acquiring new works for his Beijing gallery

Christie'sarchive

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

Booksarchive

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

Tatearchive

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

Collectorsarchive

Forbes Russia focuses on top collectors

Including banking billionaire Pyotr Aven

Miami Art Museum and Miami Art Central may merge

Collectors show their support for Miami art museums

Art Baselarchive

Art Basel/Miami Beach '06: More international than ever

Most works sold on opening day and buyers came from all continents

Stolen art discovered in reclusive collector’s estate

Christie’s and the Stair Galleries both cancelled sales as a result

Art marketarchive

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

Art fairsarchive

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

Chapmans raise Hell for François Pinault: Recreating a work lost to flames

The original piece was destroyed in a disastrous 2004 warehouse fire

Auctionsarchive

Foundation sells late collector’s art

Proceeds go to fund for young artists

Collectorsarchive

A response to Peter Watson's The Medici Conspiracy: Collectors should be defended

"The picture he paints is one where the only people to have any legitimate interest in ancient art objects are closeted archaeologists"

Charles Saatchi rents out his art

Charges range from £7,000 a year for five works to £20,000 for twenty works

Booksarchive

How to build a contemporary collection

The British collector Frank Cohen reviews a guide to the intricacies of buying new art

Collectorsarchive

Anita Zabludowicz plans a new contemporary art space in a former chapel in Chalk Farm

Project Space 176 will host both the Zabludowicz collection and commissions by resident artists

Collectorsarchive

Why collectors are moving from the wall to the floor: negotiating the logistics of sculptural acquisitions

Trends in real estate and the prestige factor have influenced recent preferences in the private market for sculptural works

Where is the art from the ‘Sensation’ show? A list of the collectors in 2006

An Art Newspaper investigation tracks the ownership history of art from Charles Saatchi's collection shown at the Royal Academy in 1997