Private Museums

Munch collector to open private museum

Petter Olsen plans cultural complex outside Oslo

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

David Walsh reveals art for new private Tasmanian gallery

Walsh, described as “every casino owner’s nightmare”, owns around 1,300 antiquities and 300 contemporary works

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Europe’s greatest museum buyer explains the strategy behind his acquisitions

The Prince of Liechtenstein explains 'Why I have become a great collector'

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Max Mara founder’s art to go on show in posthumous exhibition

A former clothes factory in Italy will house 200 works

Australian collectors build their own museums

New museums in Sydney and Tasmania are in the works

Pinault commits $110m to new museum

Japanese architect Tadao Ando will visit the site this month

For sale: £8m De Chirico from private museum

A collector in the US is buying the painting from the Estorick Collection

Pinault procures Polke paintings

Billionaire is set to open new Venice museum in 2009

Pinault trounces Guggenheim in battle to control Customs House

The French billionaire has been awarded a 30-year lease on the historic site

Pinault refuses to collaborate with Guggenheim in Venice

City authorities insist on joint lease for the Customs House

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Anita Zabludowicz plans a new contemporary art space in a former chapel in Chalk Farm

Project Space 176 will host both the Zabludowicz collection and commissions by resident artists

Pinault brings new life to Palazzo Grassi

French billionaire François Pinault finally reveals his art

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José Berardo is on the verge of signing an agreement to show his art in Lisbon

The billionaire's collection features Frida Kahlo, Francis Bacon and Dan Flavin, among others

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Billionaire to open first private museums in Russia

Viktor Vekselberg will establish galleries in St Petersburg and Moscow to display his own art as well as works belonging to other private collectors

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Rome embraces another Florida-based collector, Bilotti

Loans to Palazzo Venezia and talks for new contemporary arts centre

Saatchi evicted from County Hall

The British collector has lost the case over his lease on the riverfront space

Russia’s largest private gallery opens

Collector and dealer Alexander Yakut's new enterprise is his most ambitious yet

Contemporary philanthropy: Conversations with Eli Broad, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Howard Rachofsky and David Rockefeller

Leading philanthropist-collectors gathered in Miami Beach to discuss their personal philosophies

Loss of Pinault collection is “catastrophe” for Paris

A top museum director and a dealer react to the billionaire’s decision to show his contemporary art collection in Venice

Seen at ArtBasel: François Pinault

The French billionaire is the new owner of the Palazzo Grassi

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Cuban-born Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz discuss their work as both collectors and as curators

They receive 5000 visitors a year in their house, which has become a personal Kunsthalle 16 years in the making