Collectors
Betting on the young outsiders: Dealers and collectors are watching the art schools like Hollywood talent scouts
This year’s Columbia University School of the Arts 2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition as zeitgeist for current trends
Veteran dealer, Richard Philp on why young collectors aren’t buying antiques
“Dealers must overcome the interior decorator mentality”
Biggest Dutch collection to go under the hammer as Anton Dreesmann's life's work goes on sale at Christie's
Dreesmann was a passionate and committed collector who barely ever sold on his beloved acquisitions
Secrets of a collector: the extraordinary collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo 1588-1657
Museo del Territorio, Biella, Piedmont
Decadent collection of English art enthusiast and eccentric William Beckford to go on show at Bard Graduate Center
A sample of the collector's princely taste
Antique textiles: A boom from the loom as museum buying and new collectors hike prices
As other items become inaccessible to some collectors, many in the middle market have turned to textiles
Art Basel 2001 report: Collectors motivated by passion rather than stock market swings
This year has served as a good barometer of the Modern art market
Exhibition of the largest selection of Australian Aboriginal art to have been presented in Europe
Show demonstrates the aboriginal passion of an Austrian collector
Funnyman Steve Martin shows himself to be a serious collector in new exhibition at the Bellagio
Martin shares his love for modern and contemporary American art in new Las Vagas show, giving a personal touch via audio guide
Interview with fair director Samuel Keller: Art Basel, the commercial complement to Venice
The director of the world’s top modern and contemporary art fair prides himself on the new talent it has discovered
Former Met lawyer to advise private collectors and museums
Reflecting the continuous rise in the value of art and importance of provenance
Collector Khalili puts town house on market for £100 million
The most expensive private town house ever put up for sale in Britain
Carter Brown’s Leonardo to be auctioned
The Christie's estimate puts its worth over £3.5 million
Art Deco furniture rules the auction houses and a new sales record was set as the style replaces 18th-century furniture
Prices are rocketing, but perhaps not everything is right in this field with many experts questioning the authenticity of some pieces
Swiss say philanthropist collector is senile and have blocked his foundations, art and money
Legal battle over Dr Gustav Rau’s paintings, which he wants to give to Unicef, and which are on loan to Paris
Diary of a dealer: veteran Asian art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth states “provenance is worth one-third of the price”
The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art
Collector profile: Gustav Rau, Schweitzer redivivus
A doctor in a remote village in the Congo, part of Dr Rau's thousand-strong collection is on display now in Paris.
Diary of a US dealer: Fred Hill of Berry-Hill. European museums turn to American landscape
And a wider range of stock attracts more collectors
Antiquities dealer Shelby White included in US Cultural Property Advisory Committee: A fox among doves?
Anger at appointment of collector who imports the very objects the committee tries to keep out
Collector-benefactor profile: Who owns Sri Lankan, Canadian, cricketing art—and now portraiture?
Christopher Ondaatje has only recently come to public notice with his donation of £2,750,000 to London’s National Portrait Gallery.
The Lagerfeld Collection: “We all have to live in our own times”
The couturier’s change to a minimalist lifestyle moved him to dispense with all his eighteenth-century furniture, his paintings, and decorative arts
Collector profiles: Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Scanu of New York and Madame M. of Paris. The modern charm of Art Deco
These collectors agree that the market has risen so much as to make buying almost impossible
William R. Johnston, William and Henry Walters, the reticent collectors
A compelling biography of the father and son who founded the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
Collector interview: Lew Manilow on art and Chicago
It is fifty years since this collector and essentially American philanthropist was turned on to art while at Harvard. He has been an integral part of the art establishment in Chicago for decades
Diary of US dealer Ann Freedman: No websales, please; only the personal touch
The president and executive director of Knoedler’s encourages collectors to become museum patrons and supplies major museums with works of art
Hanging around New York: Collector-patrons for Knoedler’s 159-year history
Picasso for the blind at Wildenstein and a bevy of Latin American paintings exhibitions
A London Victorian watercolour collector sells up. “With contemporary art you know there will be another work around the corner”
An American financial market strategist has put together a major collection of nineteenth-century British watercolours.
Sotheby’s executive vice-president talks about their online venture and the importance of auctions on the web
A brand new tribe of collectors and buyers is coming
The world’s largest museum of surviving Tibetan painting goes online
Shelley and Donald Rubin’s website invites contributions from museums, collectors, and scholars