Philanthropy
Eli Broad finances new building scheme for Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Total rebuild by Dutch architect, Rem Koolhaas, is scrapped, however
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.
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.
How should billionaire Ronald Lauder be understood; philanthropist, restitution advocate, leader or naive temporiser?
The heir to the cosmetics fortune is creating his own museum and would like to see art returned to Holocaust victims, but how effective is he actually?
Charles Saatchi announces gift of 100 works of art, worth £500,000, to the Arts Council Collection
Is the gift an act of virtuous self-regard?
Collectors’ profile: “America’s model millionaires”
Computer-glitch software, Norton Utilities, has made the fortunes of Peter and Eileen Norton
How the Po-Shing Woo Foundation has subsidised the British art world
The Becket casket and Guercino are just two works of art saved for Britain with money from a Hong Kong lawyer
Mixed reactions to Gilbert gift of £75 million decorative arts donation
It has been well received in Britain. In Los Angeles, there are divided opinions on the collection and its owner