Collectors
Jetting away with it: the challenge of parting the super-rich from their private planes
A lack of legislation to deter private flying is hampering efforts to convince the art world's elite to kick the habit
The curator playing matchmaker between emerging artists and Aspen collectors
Stella Bottai’s exhibition series at the Aspen Art Museum pairs emerging artists with works loaned by local collectors
'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
How do US taxpayers value their art collections? With great difficulty
Possible penalties for donors and heirs make the process of determining the value of artworks a high-wire act
Famed Florida collector Beth Rudin DeWoody shows off her Chicago purchases
Opening during Expo Chicago, the exhibition “Neo Chicago” highlights works in DeWoody’s vast collection by artists with ties to the city, from McArthur Binion and Angel Otero to Amy Sherald
'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
Emily Fisher Landau, contemporary art collector and important Whitney Museum benefactor, has died, aged 102
Landau, whose discerning eye and aesthetic curiosity made her a fixture in the art world from the 1980s onward, began collecting after receiving an insurance settlement for a jewellery heist at her home
Art collector Myriam Ullens killed outside her home in Belgium, allegedly by her stepson
Ullens was an important collector of contemporary art and, with her husband Guy, opened the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing
Are young collectors buying Old Masters? Dealers at Tefaf Maastricht bank on changing tastes
The sector could benefit from cross-over buyers influenced by fashion designers and institutions looking to diversify collections
‘No internet, hardly any art fairs—and no Venice Biennale parties’: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo looks back on 30 years of collecting
Italian collector opens major exhibition of acquisitions at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
How online buyers of luxury collectibles reshaped auctions in an economic slump
Turnover is increasing at a time of global turmoil—and it is mostly down to growing digital sales and new tastes among the 1%
'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
Melbourne family whose house museum has welcomed thousands will give the building and its huge art collection to the public
The Lyon Housemuseum first opened its doors to the public in 2009 and features an array of Australian contemporary works
'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
Are charity art auctions, not donations, the new model for offsetting taxes?
Paul Allen’s estate has pledged proceeds of its $1.6bn Christie’s sale to unnamed philanthropic causes, while FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried vaguely promised to give away his fortune
'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
New book on Martine de Béhague shines light on a great collector who turned to art as solace for personal loss
The first scholarly study of a true dilettante of Old Masters, antiquities and new works, reveals an indomitable, questing soul
Who is the richest person at Art Basel Miami Beach? ATM reveals users' bank balances
Cheeky installation by art collective MSCHF, on show with Perrotin Gallery, will publicly display a leaderboard of customer’s funds
'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
Evelyn de Rothschild—banker, collector, art patron and philanthropist—has died, aged 91
He inherited his family's Ascott House collection of English furniture, Chinese porcelain, British paintings and Old Masters, and built a new collection of Modern and contemporary works with his third wife, Lynn Forester
Why the global explosion of billionaires will keep auction houses afloat—for now
Record-breaking sales from the collections of Microsoft founder Paul G. Allen and the acrimoniously divorced Macklowes herald the start of a 20-year bonanza for auction houses
Cache of leaked documents reveal Sotheby's owner Patrick Drahi’s $750m art collection—and his tax affairs
Billionaire businessman has amassed a treasure trove of more than 200 prime works of art, many bought through his auction house