Collectors
‘The key to successful collecting is studying art history’: philanthropist Marguerite Steed Hoffman on what she collects and why
The art adviser and major donor to the Dallas Museum of Art says she is currently drawn to antiquities—and is too old school for NFTs
Austrian collector Heidi Goëss-Horten has died, aged 81, days after her new museum opens
The Heidi Horten Collection in Vienna includes works by Andy Warhol, Lucio Fontana and Damien Hirst
‘Artists first, trust your team, be open to what you do not know’: art foundation founder Julia Stoschek on what she collects and why
The German collector, who has one of the world's largest collections of video and time-based art, still has a yearning for an Old Master
'I now seek out thoughtful works that spark happiness': Silver Art Projects' co-founder Cory Silverstein on his favourite art and ultimate acquisition
Silverstein, whose programme offers art residencies in 4 World Trade Center, lends insight into his collecting habits and aspirations
Can collectors use their power for good? We asked five experts from different parts of the art world
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Who is the discerning Midwestern collector in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch?
And the nominees for the real-life patron who inspired “Maw Clampette” are...
Budi Tek, art collector, museum founder and tireless champion of Chinese art, has died aged 65
Tributes pour in for the Indonesian-Chinese businessman who founded the Yuz Museum Shanghai in 2014
Milan’s Museo del Novecento could lose 600 works in legal battle with heir
Mario Bertolini’s vast collection of Modern art, amassed over his lifetime and donated to the museum in 2014, is at the centre of a claim seeking to invalidate the acquisition
'Will new code of conduct make collectors more ethical?'
A new code aims to introduce more transparency to the business of buying
Here are some of the Russian art collectors facing Western sanctions
Individuals and companies have been targeted by the UK, US and EU over the invasion of Ukraine
'How canny auction houses and advisory firms are turning a generation of Amazon shoppers into art collectors'
The middle market, traditionally the art world’s unloved child, offers treats galore
New book deep dives into the vast collection of W.A. Ismay—the UK’s most prolific collector of post-war British studio pottery
The "professional Yorkshireman" had more than 3,600 pieces including the likes of Lucie Rie and Bernard Leach
In a Los Angeles backyard, a collector's gallery project expands
Collector Danny First is extending his homegrown programme beyond the walls of a replica of the Unabomber's nerve centre
John Sainsbury, former supermarket boss and major patron of British museums, has died aged 94
Benefactors of his gifts include London's National Gallery, Tate Britain, Dulwich Picture Gallery, the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Royal Opera House
The socialite collectors, the $700,000 Cecily Brown painting and the first-refusal contract—lawsuit reveals secret machinations of the art world
Chinese collector Michael Xufu Huang was covertly buying works on behalf of the Monaco-based Federico Castro Debernardi for a 10% commission. But then he got stung
Buddhist composer Philip Glass in dialogue with a storied Tibetan art collection
The Smithsonian commissioned the composer to create a performance responding to an exhibition of objects from the illustrious Tibetan Buddhist art collection of Alice Kandell
Disney at the Met—but is it art?
Plus, a new centre to study Matisse at Baltimore Museum of Art and Josef Albers's lithographs at Cristea Roberts in London
Revealed: Larry Ellison, the world’s seventh richest person, has collected at least four Van Goghs
The Oracle Corporation co-founder owns the painting that hung above J.F. Kennedy’s hotel bed on the morning of his assassination—and the president’s final telephone call was about Van Gogh
Buy one, gift one free: why collectors acquire two works and give one away
Buying a work and donating another to a museum sounds like a win-win—but who really benefits?
Collector's eye: Batia Ofer
The London-based collector tells us what she has bought and why
Collectors Eye: Christen Sveaas
The Norwegian collector tells us what he has bought and why
Book extract | What makes buyers want to create private museums for their collections?
In this adapted excerpt from her new book, The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum, Georgina Adam examines the motivations of collectors who founded their own art spaces
Collector's eye: Hans Furer
The Basel-based collector tells us what he's bought and why
Can you build a national collection without actually buying any art? The Dubai Collection says you can
The state-backed online "museum" plans a physical exhibition later this year at the Ethihad Museum
Portuguese collector Joe Berardo—detained for tax fraud—also investigated for other crimes
Businessman behind the Museu Coleção Berardo in Lisbon, one of Portugal's most visited museums, allegedly owes nearly €1bn
Come for the art, stay for the night at collector's south of France foundation
Provençal offshoot of Hubert Bonnet’s Brussels art space doubles as a five-room guest house
From sneakers to Pokémon cards: here are five of the hottest collectibles
With baseball cards selling for $5.2m each and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet making $2.9m, people will collect anything if its rare and makes them nostalgic
Catherine de Medici portrait returns to Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill after almost 200 years
Painting is the only surviving contemporary image of the monarch
Eli Broad, an unexpected—and often unreasonable—arts patron
The self-made billionaire helped shape the Los Angeles art scene, while clashing with most of its prominent museum leaders