Collectors
Thomas Scott Kaplan, a financier who owns one of the biggest silver mines in Latin America, is spending millions on design and 17th-century Dutch paintings
He is now the world’s biggest collector of modern furniture
The rich list: More than 100 people join global list of billionaires
Many are major art collectors and philanthropists
Denver Art Museum gets $60m contemporary art gift
The collectors Kent and Vicki Logan donate 300 works of art and an endowment
Damien Hirst conquers Mexico: the biggest collectors in the country are lining up to buy new work by the British artist
Other pieces, including a new version of the shark in a tank, have sold to Korea and the US
Drue Heinz on her love of Tibetan Mastiffs: “It has been a long time since Raphael kept anyone warm on a cold winter night”
The legendary collector speaks on her two beloved dogs, Moose and Minnie
British collector David Roberts scoops Keith Coventry show
Property developer spends almost £100,000
Collector C.I. Kim to open second contemporary art gallery in Cheonan, South Korea
The Korean collector has chosen the British architect David Adjaye to design the new building
Comment: New US museums pit donors against the public
An increasing number of museums are being built as speculative investments designed to attract incompatible currencies—collections and crowds
C.I. Kim to open New York gallery, following spaces in Beijing and South Korea
The Korean collector is being compared to Charles Saatchi
José Berardo is on the verge of signing an agreement to show his art in Lisbon
The billionaire's collection features Frida Kahlo, Francis Bacon and Dan Flavin, among others
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