Collectors
Private collectors step in to fill institutional void in Palm Beach
Marvin and Elayne Mordes continue South Florida trend
Billionaire to open first private museums in Russia
Viktor Vekselberg will establish galleries in St Petersburg and Moscow to display his own art as well as works belonging to other private collectors
Collector threatens to withdraw works from Gran Guardia Palace, Verona
Claims that four pieces have been damaged
Rome embraces another Florida-based collector, Bilotti
Loans to Palazzo Venezia and talks for new contemporary arts centre
Director Mel Stuart begins filming his new documentary in Miami fairs
The project may span several episodes, following collectors of all types
Collector settles suit with Project gallery over violation of first refusal agreement
The settlement terms remain confidential
Russian billionaires are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on art. None of them has spoken to the press about what drives their collecting—until now
Russian collector Pyotr Aven shows his hand
The eccentric Korean art collector and supermarket mogul C.I. Kim is to open a new branch of his Arario Gallery in Beijing
Arario Beijing claims to be “the world’s largest gallery”
SOFA fair, Chicago. Who are the craft collectors?
Many who buy paintings and sculpture are now starting to invest in contemporary decorative arts
Contemporary philanthropy: Conversations with Eli Broad, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Howard Rachofsky and David Rockefeller
Leading philanthropist-collectors gathered in Miami Beach to discuss their personal philosophies
Collector pays £1 million for oil sketches of British Royal Family
14 preparatory sketches of members of the royal family
French collectors boost sales at FIAC
Billionaire François Pinault bought Chen Zhen and Pistoletto
MoMA receives 12 Philip Guston paintings
The works form part of a collection gifted to the museum by real estate developer Edward R. Broida
Western collectors still paying highest prices for top lots of Asian art
While Chinese sustain the middle market for rare but flashy cinnabar, rhinoceros horn and cloisonné
Eclectic collector’s show raises questions at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Visitors are confused and staff suggest that museum is neglecting its artistic mission
Top collectors descend on Zoo as the satellite fair opens its doors a day ahead of Frieze
Saatchi and Branson among first to race round fair
A dealer is offering to mount high-tech plasma TVs in 19th- and 20th-century frames
For the collector who has everything
Comparing and contrasting art world heavy-weights: Venice Biennale vs. Art Basel
The difference in experiences offered by each of these iconic fairs, and the symbiosis this leads to
Revealed: mystery lender of medieval art to V&A
He is Paul Ruddock, investment management CEO and V&A trustee
Court action after Renoir archive fails to sell at auction
Collector sues family trust which had withdrawn the artist’s belongings from sale
New Ukrainian buyer spends £12 million on Modern paintings
American buyers have returned and Asian collectors were also active
'The art trade is the last major unregulated market'
Is it time for reform? Murky dealings came to light in 2005 as more collectors began to enter the scene—and brought their cases to court
Miami collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz snap up Bock stage-set
The piece was used for a stage performance in the Arsenale
Inspired by collectors in Florida, a Cuban-born couple have opened a private museum
Bringing a little Miami to San Juan
The Forbes rich list: More billionaires than ever before
And many of them are huge art collectors
World’s biggest art collector under arrest in Qatar
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani is being investigated for alleged misuse of public funds
Collector profile: The unstoppable Mr Kim
Businessman, artist, collector—and dealer?
Collector sues gallery over right to first choice of artists’ work
He was promised preferential treatment (and paid for it) but was then left out of almost all sales
Embarrassment of riches for Asian art collectors at Asia Week, New York
Exhibitions, lectures and auctions span the centuries and the continents
A turn of the tides: Art is flowing back to China as the Chinese market grows
Overseas collectors are shipping work to China for sale in the growing number of auction houses