Private collections
Ramin Salsali's new private museum opens in Dubai with tongue-in-cheek 'Show Off'
The space is based on a former warehouse and will exhibit works biannually from his own collection as well as from other private collections around the world
Vanity, vanity: the problems facing China’s private museums
Spaces bloom and then wither as founders’ commitment quickly fades
Who’s buying? Art collectors in LA
Many have private museums, serve as trustees and lend to public museums
Pinault sends his collection across the globe
Modern and contemporary works are on the way to Korea and Brazil
Los Angeles Broad Art Foundation aims at ultra accessibility
Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad open their doors
Christen Sveaas is showing part of his collection at his Oslo restaurant
Collector hangs his art by the hors d’oeuvres
Jean Pigozzi's expansive collections in Congolese and Japanese art come together in new show
Jean Pigozzi convinces artist Carsten Höller to mix and match the French collector’s art in 'JapanCongo'
François Pinault poaches leading Paris fair director
Martin Bethenod to head collector’s Venice venues as disquiet grows over stalled exhibition programme
Trends in collecting: Are domestic collectors ready to take on the world?
While the Russians are branching out, Indian collectors don't stray far from home
Carlos Slim Helu is world’s richest man
The Mexican billionaire is also a significant art collector
Directors say OK to collectors’ shows
In response to The New Museum's current exhibition
Swiss collector show for Asia and Europe
Monique Burger plans to take her works on an Asia tour
After loans and offers of first refusal Portugal may lose billionaire's collection to Brazil
José Berardo doubts government will buy, and plans new art deco museum
Pinchuk to build new arts centre in Ukraine
The space will display Pinchuk's own collection as well as loaned exhibitions
New Museum show of trustee's collection is an insult to scholarship and curators
Private-collector museums
Rodchenko and Tatlin fakes force closure of Russian avant-garde exhibition at Finland's Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art
Operations were halted after multiple experts questioned the authenticity of the exhibition's content, which had been sourced from private collections
The most important collectors you’ve never heard of: The Van Otterloos
Next year their collection of Dutch and Flemish 17th-century paintings goes on display for the first time in Europe and the US. The couple gave us their first ever interview
Ullens buys Tayou at Venice Biennale
The collectors add work by Pascale Marthine Tayou to their extensive collection
Pinault’s electric chair Christ upsets the French; black version to be shown in London
Paul Fryer's work was installed in the city of Gap over Easter weekend
Chicago's industrialist benefactors built the city’s art collections—but can today’s patrons maintain them?
So far the next generation have yet to replicate their parents’ efforts on the same scale
Pinchuk stages Hirst show in Kiev
His Pinchuk Art Centre will play host to over 100 works
Tomlin says ta-ta to Rauschenberg
The long time friend and collector of Rauschenberg has seven up for sale
German gallery tries to block sale of works by Joseph Beuys
Director says moving the pieces, installed by the artist, would be a “catastrophe”
Plans for Kolkata Museum of Modern Art: India's answer to Tate Modern?
A major new museum to be built in eastern India is being largely supported by commercial galleries and corporate collections
Russian art collector could face seven years in prison
Vladimir Nekrasov has been charged with corporate tax evasion
Private equity millionaire Adu Advaney to open a London gallery
Indian collectors are starting to buy contemporary art by their compatriots
Devi Art Foundation is India’s first private museum of contemporary art
Anupam Poddar and his mother Lekha have assembled a collection of over 7,000 works of art
Comment: The problem with privately-funded museums
There is a danger that the conservatism of the museum sector will be challenged by a new generation of board members who feel that “rules are for other people”
Swiss collector to open her own museum in Arles
Maja Hoffmann wants to hire Frank Gehry to design her gallery