Collector's Eye
'I am looking forward to works that resonate with the concept of blackness': Wu Tiejun on his hopes for Art Basel Hong Kong
The founder of Nanjing’s Deji Art Museum describes his approach to collecting and his love of Taihu stones
'Queer people may soon be forgotten if their estates are not properly cared for': Patrick Sun on his philosophy for collecting
The pioneering patron of LGBTQ+ art in Asia discusses the importance of preserving community legacies and shares his favourite Hong Kong eateries
‘You have to come in knowing your taste and trusting your instinct’: Emilia Yin's survival guide for fairs
The owner of Hollywood’s Make Room gallery describes how her love of Surrealism informs her curatorial work, and offers Los Angeles newbies her top tips
'I held onto a box of Sylvie tiles that composed a psychotic, abstract cat': John Rubeli on his artful bathroom
The music executive and his wife, Stacy, are fixtures of Los Angeles’s art scene, collecting works by emerging artists and serving on boards of museums and non-profits
‘The most unusual place I've installed a piece? Forty feet up in a tree’: John Quinn on his inside-out approach to art
The high-flying lawyer, who lists contemporary art as one of his passions, has opened a Los Angeles outpost of Croatia's Museum of Broken Relationships
Collector Fady Jameel on the transformation of the art scenes in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
The Art Jameel founder tells us how he juggles collecting for himself and for the foundation
'Collecting art by women is an integral component of my process': Darlene Pérez on why she waited for a Lee Krasner work
One-half of the couple behind the Pérez Art Museum Miami will never tire of Monet's Water Lilies
'It takes an entire year to produce a fair and then it’s over': Jeffrey Lawson on the post-Art Week blues
The founder of Untitled Art Fair is guided by his wife's less impulsive approach to buying
'I installed a rotating penny loafer in our master bathroom': Richard Arregui on seizing the moment
The sales and marketing director at Vivant Skin Care seeks out art with a universal language
'We wanted to buy something cool that represented Miami and Wynwood': Jack and Tara Benmeleh on their immersion in their hometown
The native Miamians explain why taking a deep dive into the local art world is the best way to learn how to collect
Emerging art collector Mauro Mattei discusses ‘golden showers’ and eating well at fairs
The party-loving tax adviser and Titian fan, who sponsors an annual prize for emerging artists, dedicates his time at Frieze London to the Focus section
‘I can buy a work by looking at it on my phone‘: Nana Sao on being decisive with his collecting
The South African-born businessman, who helped bring a large-scale sculpture from Lagos to the Nevada desert, is developing a taste for tapestries
‘In some of the bubbles there was a face or the body of a woman trapped inside’: Valeria Napoleone on finding a connection with an artist's practice
The Italian collector, who helps fund the acquisition of women artists’ work by UK museums, likes to take her time when choosing what to buy
‘I’m looking for abstract voices, with a new take on the world’: Liesl Fichardt on her collection and top tips for visiting Frieze
The international lawyer, who is a member of the Contemporary Art Society’s Frieze acquisitions committee, on her love of blue paintings—and Pimlico pastries
'I buy from the heart and using my own eyes': Everette Taylor on trusting his tastes and instincts
The chief executive of Kickstarter has built a formidable collection of works by artists of colour, all the while remaining mindfull of his wall space—"I want to live with my art"
Venture capitalist Tony Lyu on his collection and favourite spots in Seoul
Lyu discusses how a light-filled former apartment informed his early art purchases, and what the legacy of the crypto boom will be for South Korea
'I talk to artists a lot; it’s a great privilege': Shane Akeroyd on how art world friendships shape his collection
The Hong Kong-based FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist explains why he is drawn to moving-image work and offers advice for the Basel newbie
'I decide to buy a work of art as soon as it aligns with my gut, heart and bank balance': James R. Hedges IV on his strategy for collecting
The leading Warhol photography collector explains why divorce papers stopped him buying a Vija Celmins painting and reveals Basel’s best party location
'We look, learn, and research over months and sometimes years': Mary Rozell on UBS's art collecting strategy
The head of the art collection of Swiss bank describes the joy of floating down the Rhine—and her soft spot for Nefertiti
'I tend not to wait around; I think it’s a millennial mindset': collector Fiorenzo Manganiello on ignoring the critics
The tech entrepreneur and blockchain professor has a passion for street and digital art
'Slime Queen' collector Karen Robinovitz on her dream art purchase and the work hanging in her linen closet
Robinovitz's most recent art purchase was Yoora Lee painting from Half Gallery’s booth at Expo Chicago
'We should have bought Kusama's Infinity Mirror Room’: collectors James-Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach on the work that got away
The joint collection of the laywer and the investment manager spans the contemporary art world
‘Nothing beats mileage for developing your own collecting vision’: Komal Shah on what she collects and why
Former tech executive and California collector dreams of purchasing the entire suite of Hilma af Klint paintings
'Collect art with passion, purpose and values': Catherine Sarr supports artists through purchases, prizes and residencies
Sarr and her husband, Mamadou-Abou Sarr, organise an annual prize that supports emerging French artists and brings one of them to Chicago for a residency
'Look with your eyes, not your ears': the best collecting advice Allison Berg's been given and the Kaari Upson sculpture under the stairs
The writer, editor, producer and collector has a passion for Martin Puryear and 'badass' Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
'Just relax. You don’t have to have everything': Danny First shares advice for new collectors and his fantasy of sitting for Lucian Freud
An artist and collector, First runs a residency programme and operates a gallery from a shed in the backyard of his Los Angeles home
'Buy work from living artists': Becky Gochman—supporter of Indigenous artists—on what she collects and why
The collector sees herself more of a temporary custodian than an owner, she says
'I have a painting of two pig butts—portraying love—hanging in my kitchen': collector Ashley Abess on what she buys and why
The Miami native got the collecting bug young, buying a series of portraits—which still hang in her home—when she was in college
From a Keith Haring painting to a mummified Barbie: what collector Mario Cader-Frech buys and why
The adviser to the Untitled Art fair, and champion of contemporary artists from his native El Salvador, has only ever sold two works
'I've missed out on works simply by answering an email a little too late': collector Beth Rudin DeWoody on the art she regrets not buying
Art patron owns the West Palm Beach exhibition space The Bunker, which displays works from her 10,000-strong collection