Collecting

Lost artfeature

Lost art: when works disappear into private collections

Noah Charney on works that are “extant but inaccessible”

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Giampietro Campana assembled the greatest private collection of his age—then lost the lot

A new show at the Musée du Louvre reunites 500 of the collector's artefacts, showing his admiration for Italian art across the ages

Central and Eastern European artists come together to collect anti-populist works

Collection Collective launches new website as part of initiative that hopes to challenge institutional and private models of collecting

Collector's Eye: David Roberts

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

Collector's Eye: Christina Makris

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

Collector's Eye: Frank Cohen

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

Collector's Eye: Karsten Schubert

The dealer and collector tells the artist Michael Landy which work he would save from the Art Bin

MICHAEL LANDY
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Artoon by Pablo Helguera, September 2018

"Art fairs and auction houses are for beginner collectors—the Russian version of eBay is the big league!"

Lost artfeature

Lost art: the world’s invisible collections

Noah Charney on the Sadnikar family's extremely personal collection in Slovenia

Pinault Collection extends empire with Rennes show, new Paris space and long-term loans programme

French billionaire—whose collection numbers 3,000 works—has sold 130 pieces since 2000

Collector's Eye: David Brolliet

The Swiss collector discusses his love of Lichtenstein, his regret at not buying a Subodh Gupta when he had the chance and hanging art on his refrigerator

Collector's Eye: Grazyna Kulczyk

The Polish art lover on her fascination with female artists and how she wishes she could have been seated at Judy Chicago's Dinner Party

'Can the art market thrive in a sharing economy?'

Melanie Gerlis on how millennials don’t seem to have the same collecting gene as previous generations

Collector's Eye: Edouard Carmignac

The businessman, who just opened an art space on an island in the Mediterranean, on Alice in Wonderland and hanging out at Warhol's Factory

Collector's Eye: Ulla Dreyfus-Best

The Basel-based collector Ulla Dreyfus-Best on her "Wunderkammer", which mixes 11th-century Italian bronzes with pieces by Jeff Koons

Collector's Eye: William Lim

The Hong Kong-based architect tells us what art he's bought and why

From Van Gogh to Richter—what happens when bidders fail to pay up at auction?

Flaky winning bids are knocking the gloss off record-breaking sales

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Collector's Eye: Mera Rubell

She tells us about being open to young art and why she has pigeons in her museum

Collector's Eye: Craig Robins

The entrepreneur tells us about his most recent art buys and which artists he would love to have at his dinner party

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Collector's Eye: Eugenio Re Rebaudengo

Art lovers tell us what they've bought and why

Early sales at Frieze London

Collectors flocked to Lehmann Maupin's and Jack Shainman's stands

Frieze 2017interview

Collector's eye: Huma Kabakci

Art lovers tell us what they've bought and why

Frieze 2017interview

Collector's Eye: Anita Zabludowicz

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

New Tate fund puts performance centre-stage

Scheme aims to bridge gap between collecting and displaying the medium

Collector’s eye: Wanwan Lei and Lin Han

Art lovers talk about the best and worst works they’ve bought

Collectors take up residencies—alongside artists—at London’s Delfina Foundation

Six participants from Asia, Europe and South America will ponder how and why they buy art

Not just mummies: British Museum to expand collection with work from modern Egypt

Printed materials, textiles, photographs and items of everyday homeware from the 20th and 21st centuries to be shown alongside museum’s renowned holdings of ancient art