Contemporary art
Mexico’s two biggest collectors join forces to form new cultural compound in Mexico city
Eugenio Lopez Alonso’s Jumex Collection is to open a building near Carlos Slim Helú’s new Soumaya Museum
Something old, something new: Interview with Thomas Schütte on his works in London and Leeds
“In a public space people should feel better after looking at the art”
Dave Hickey: 'If you want to be an icon of virtue, this is the moment because you’ll stand out'
The outspoken cultural critic and art historian shared his thoughts on the market during a talk at Frieze art fair in 2007—here is the transcript
Mortgage crisis and resulting stock market plunge be damned—the party isn’t over yet
In 2007 we noted that strong sales at auction and fairs and more money coming from Russia, Indian and Chinese collectors indicated that confidence in art remained strong
Charles Saatchi’s art to go on rotating display at Hermitage
Works on loan from the British collector will go on display in a room named after him; Tate to send Turner Prize retrospective to Moscow
In a new private museum in Kiev billionaire collector unveils Hirst, Koons and Gursky
The Pinchuk Art Center was opened 16 September 2006
Fiac '07 fair report: Fiac makes a strong comeback with new location at the Grand Palais
Collectors and dealers praise the quality of art on offer
Property mogul David Roberts building Camden gallery to house contemporary art collection
Scottish businessman to open public space
MoMA zeroing in on contemporary art with new associate director position
The former head of the Walker Art Centre takes up the newly created post next year
Three Korean galleries set up in New York: Arario Gallery, Gana Art Gallery, and Tina Kim Fine Art expand across the Pacific
Increasingly fashionable artists tempt western collectors
German collector buys Delvoye’s Art Basel truck for company headquarters
The largest piece ever made by the artist
France finally gets to see Pinault’s art in new exhibition
The owner of Christie's to show works from his personal collection for the first time
Collectors have turned a limestone cave in a Napa Valley hillyard into a unique private gallery space
The first curated cave installation is comprised of 19 works including pieces by Christopher Wool
Books: Anselm Kiefer's engagement with the poetry of Paul Celan
“I myself would like to be a poet”
Devonshires team up with Rubells for exhibition at Lismore Castle
Contemporary art from the Miami collection heads to Ireland
Best of British for Texas as private collectors put their art on display
Kenny Goss and George Michael set to open a gallery in Dallas
Books: Basquiat from street artist to superstar
Banksy’s rise from street artist to gallery star, embraced by the commercial art world, is by no means unique
Nazi bunker transformed as private collectors put their art on display
German advertising guru to show over 500 works from his private collection on a rotating basis
Anita Zabludowicz reinvents North London chapel as experimental gallery
The inaugural exhibition will feature a portion of her own collection, as well as a contribution from New York's Rina Banerjee
Artists in Malaysia facing censorship, ethnic separation and Islamicisation
But it is a lively scene that looks to the international art world
Elton John granted permission to build gallery at his Windsor home
Curator explains they are in desperate need of additional space
Elaborate curiosity cabinets on display at the inaugural Scope Basel fair revive the 18th century kunstkammer
Are these a new hybrid of Artists-cum-collectors
Hartmut Rausch's collection to go on show at the Portikus Centre for Contemporary Art
The caretaker of the Städelschule shares his own collection with the public
1.3 billion Chinese people, but still not many substantial collectors of Chinese contemporary art
Here are the best known: one Swiss, one Chinese, one Belgian, three American and one British
Increased talks of creating private museums in China
Amidst struggling contemporary art scene
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
New York-based Indian gallery comes to London
Aicon joins growing number of London-based dealers selling South Asian work
Comment: why an art market clean-up would be a clear-out
In 2007 the creative industries consultant noted that the “insider” aspect of the contemporary art market and hierarchy of knowledge and status that it creates was a significant part of its attraction
Specialist Barbara Pollock questions value of contemporary Chinese art
Pollock is forthright about her distrust of the current auction market in China
Miami Art Museum and Miami Art Central may merge
Collectors show their support for Miami art museums