This is the richest area of Germany, and it has a buoyant cultural life; but the expense of it is beginning to drive the artists out

The contemporary art belongs to the grandson of Nazi industrialist, Friedrich Flick

The Anglophile, the Entertainer, the Benefactor and the America lover

Art Basel '02 fair report

Sophisticated collectors are crossing over from 19th- and 20th-century painting

Of the 497 billionaires, 36 are major collectors

John Richardson’s insights into the great artists and collectors of the last century

Meanwhile, Ricard tries his hand at larceny while Blum's Judd masterpiece makes bank

This year’s Columbia University School of the Arts 2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition as zeitgeist for current trends

“Dealers must overcome the interior decorator mentality”

Sothebys.com will be operated by the auction giant

Dreesmann was a passionate and committed collector who barely ever sold on his beloved acquisitions

Museo del Territorio, Biella, Piedmont

A sample of the collector's princely taste

As other items become inaccessible to some collectors, many in the middle market have turned to textiles

This year has served as a good barometer of the Modern art market

Show demonstrates the aboriginal passion of an Austrian collector

Martin shares his love for modern and contemporary American art in new Las Vagas show, giving a personal touch via audio guide

The director of the world’s top modern and contemporary art fair prides himself on the new talent it has discovered

Reflecting the continuous rise in the value of art and importance of provenance

The most expensive private town house ever put up for sale in Britain

The Christie's estimate puts its worth over £3.5 million

Prices are rocketing, but perhaps not everything is right in this field with many experts questioning the authenticity of some pieces

Legal battle over Dr Gustav Rau’s paintings, which he wants to give to Unicef, and which are on loan to Paris

The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art

A doctor in a remote village in the Congo, part of Dr Rau's thousand-strong collection is on display now in Paris.

And a wider range of stock attracts more collectors

Anger at appointment of collector who imports the very objects the committee tries to keep out

Christopher Ondaatje has only recently come to public notice with his donation of £2,750,000 to London’s National Portrait Gallery.

The couturier’s change to a minimalist lifestyle moved him to dispense with all his eighteenth-century furniture, his paintings, and decorative arts