The files included a letter from Serota himself
Along with his wife Gael Neeson, the plastics mogul was considered a "Nobel Laureate of Chicago Philanthropy"
Wizard of Oz vision inspires new $15m contemporary art centre in San Antonio designed by David Adjaye
The restauranteur tells us about his unusual Bridget Riley work and displaying his art on his new boat
The art patron and consultant tells us about her special Robert Mapplethorpe gift and her love for her mother's ivory
The private collector tells us about her dreams for her own museum and the difficulty of maintaining her food art
We talk to the fashion designer about lending a work to the Old Vic theatre and how he dreams of buying the Beyeler's entire Stingel show
While architects and designers are often inspired by the works of artists, their own acquiring habits are as varied as their influences
Kistefos's dramatic new exhibition gallery also functions as a panoramic bridge
The Vogels filled their modest apartment with contemporary art, but wage stagnation has seen the professional-classes squeezed out of this overheated market
Seats on boards offered by major museums are increasingly being used to serve the narrow agendas of the ultra-rich
Chinese and Russian buyers with a taste for the ornate have added a new layer of bidding and are forcing prices ever higher
"Sold to the person in the Prada suit"
A survey of the decorative arts market
“I feel that at the time of the Medici they had my kind of rapport with their artists”
Private museum is due to open a new venue in capital's historic Longfusi area
And third Mexican collector loans his art to university
Making a making a remarkable return to the contemporary art world
...and this is where a Belgian collector will put his art on show
New German artists have put this fair back on the map
Hans Grothe has sold 700 works to Wella hair-care billionaires for E50 million
Even third-rate works are now selling for six figures
“Most contemporary art collectors today are intellectuals who own their own company”
The Art Newspaper has obtained invoices sent by Oliver Hoare to Sheikh Saud Al-Thani of Qatar, who remains under arrest in Doha as authorities investigate alleged misuse of public funds
Jean-Pierre Lehmann was denied “the right of first refusal over everybody”
Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden is home to the philanthropist's collection of around 1,000 works
André-Marc Delocque-Fourcaud urges Russia to reunite collection in Moscow
The London-based collector Davinder Toor holds one of the most significant collections of Sikh works in the US and the UK
Collector interest in videos is rising, but the medium still struggles to find floor space
The Berlin software entrepreneur tells us what he's bought and why he loves it