InterviewArt market
'If you miss the train, don’t chase it, there will be another one': Ann Getty on collecting
Shortly before she died in September, the art collector, interior designer and philanthropist spoke about cranes with personality and buying what you love
ReviewBooks
From how insurance pay outs work to when to get your art appraised: a must have how-to book for collectors
This updated art market manual by Mary Rozell merits a place on any bookshelf
FeatureLost art
Lost Art: the disappearing art of how we buy art
How will the experience of art collecting change after the coronavirus pandemic?
NewsCoronavirus resources
Where to buy art that supports good causes during the coronavirus pandemic
Works by artists including Wolfgang Tillmans, Tracey Emin, Marlene Dumas, Martin Parr and many more, are on sale for as little as £50
NewsAcquisitions
UK Science Museum group is building a coronavirus collection in response to pandemic
Other institutions reflect on ethical concerns linked to Covid-19 material
ReviewBook Shorts
Celebrating a generous donation to the Frick, this booklet pays tribute to the donor and his gift
The Arnhold family began collecting Meissen porcelain in the 1920s and the heir has given more than 100 examples to the New York museum
AnalysisArt market
'You have the right to culture with a capital C': Africa's growing collecting class shifts focus to home
From Marrakech to Cape Town, the continent's growing fairs and auctions scene is catering to a burgeoning domestic buying base
NewsGerman art
How a vast Käthe Kollwitz collection ended up at the Getty
Richard Simms, the 93-year-old donor, built up the enviable collection on a dentist’s salary starting in the 1960s
NewsMuseums & Heritage
As Nazi objects and fakes enter collectors’ market, should museums show them?
Highly publicised sales and seizures of Nazi memorabilia raise questions about whether such items should be exhibited
AnalysisImmersive experiences
Snap and go: the pros and cons of the art experience economy
Immersive experiences define the most popular contemporary exhibitions, but where does this leave the commercial art world?
ReviewBook Shorts
Book of discarded family pictures reminds us of our mortality
Personal collection of anonymous photographs made from Kodachrome slides shows the transience of our lives
InterviewCollector's Eye
'I wish I had bought a Banksy': inside the collection of Mark Hix
The restauranteur tells us about his unusual Bridget Riley work and displaying his art on his new boat
InterviewCollector's Eye
‘I have works under every couch and chair’: inside the collection of Alia Al-Senussi
The art patron and consultant tells us about her special Robert Mapplethorpe gift and her love for her mother's ivory
InterviewCollector's Eye
'I have a work made of mortadella': inside the collection of Gemma De Angelis Testa
The private collector tells us about her dreams for her own museum and the difficulty of maintaining her food art
InterviewCollector's Eye
'Issy Wood is one to watch': inside the collection of Raimund Berthold
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
FeatureCollectors
The architects who build art collections: from Phil Freelon to I.M. Pei
While architects and designers are often inspired by the works of artists, their own acquiring habits are as varied as their influences
BlogIn the frame
V&A Rapid Response Collecting unit acquires the Tampax menstruation cup
NewsMuseums
With Jean Pigozzi's contemporary African art donation, MoMA to become a 'leader' in the field
The museum says the gift will play an important role in the reconfiguration of its permanent collection
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: Hubert Bonnet
The Belgian art collector tells us what he's bought and why he loves it
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: Mario von Kelterborn
The German collector tells us what he's bought and why he loves it
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector’s Eye: Bérengère Primat
The French collector tells us about her new foundation of Aboriginal art and why she resists the collecting mentality
InterviewFrieze New York 2019
Collector's Eye: Alejandra Castro Rioseco on collecting the work of female artists
Latin American artists feature prominently in the collection of the Chilean supporter of women's rights
InterviewCollecting
Five minutes with… Lorraine Kiang Malingue on the Asian art market
Dealer tells us about the challenges of running a space in Shanghai’s West Bund and how the gallery keeps up with the growing competition
InterviewCollectors
Collector's Eye: an interview with Haryanto Adikoesoemo
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewCollecting
Collector's Eye: an interview with William Zhao
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
CommentObituaries
Tribute to Marella Agnelli—doyenne of high society
The art collector and museum founder who married into the Agnelli dynasty was a woman of charm and intelligence
PreviewTEFAF Maastricht 2019
Still life thrives and Group Zero nails it: expert collecting guides for Tefaf Maastricht
Dealers tell us the hot trends and what to buy at the Dutch fair
FeatureCollecting
Hustlers with a habit: what five Tefaf exhibitors collect and why
From Dinky toys to Old Masters, dealers share what objects take their fancy
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's Eye: an interview with Candace Carmel Barasch
The New York real estate heiress tells us what she's bought and why she loves it
BlogIn the frame
Tomorrow’s world: Young Collector Award at JustMad fair encourages budding buyers
InterviewCollecting
Collector's Eye: an interview with Cheech Marin
The actor and comedian tells us what he's bought and why he loves it
InterviewCollecting
Collector's Eye: an interview with Wallis Annenberg
The Los Angeles-based philanthropist tells us what she's bought and why
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Jonathan Anderson
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Estrellita B. Brodsky
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
NewsArt market
Are super-yachts the best places to keep your art collection?
From conservation and insurance to customs and tax issues, the complications of keeping art on boats
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Jorge Pérez
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Dennis Scholl
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
FeatureLost art
Lost art: when works disappear into private collections
Noah Charney on works that are “extant but inaccessible”
ReviewBooks
Caucasian collecting: the Bodleian Library’s Georgian papers, books and medieval manuscripts
The collection amassed by Sir Oliver and Marjory Wardrop
PreviewCollecting
Giampietro Campana assembled the greatest private collection of his age—then lost the lot
A new show at the Musée du Louvre reunites 500 of the collector's artefacts, showing his admiration for Italian art across the ages
NewsCollecting
Central and Eastern European artists come together to collect anti-populist works
Collection Collective launches new website as part of initiative that hopes to challenge institutional and private models of collecting
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Collector's Eye: David Roberts
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Collector's Eye: Christina Makris
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Collector's Eye: Frank Cohen
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Collector's Eye: Karsten Schubert
The dealer and collector tells the artist Michael Landy which work he would save from the Art Bin
BlogArtoon
Artoon by Pablo Helguera, September 2018
"Art fairs and auction houses are for beginner collectors—the Russian version of eBay is the big league!"
FeatureLost art
Lost art: the world’s invisible collections
Noah Charney on the Sadnikar family's extremely personal collection in Slovenia
NewsCollectors
Pinault Collection extends empire with Rennes show, new Paris space and long-term loans programme
French billionaire—whose collection numbers 3,000 works—has sold 130 pieces since 2000
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: David Brolliet
The Swiss collector discusses his love of Lichtenstein, his regret at not buying a Subodh Gupta when he had the chance and hanging art on his refrigerator
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: Grazyna Kulczyk
The Polish art lover on her fascination with female artists and how she wishes she could have been seated at Judy Chicago's Dinner Party
CommentArt Basel 2018
Can the art market thrive in a sharing economy?
Melanie Gerlis on how millennials don’t seem to have the same collecting gene as previous generations
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: Edouard Carmignac
The businessman, who just opened an art space on an island in the Mediterranean, on Alice in Wonderland and hanging out at Warhol's Factory
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: Ulla Dreyfus-Best
The Basel-based collector Ulla Dreyfus-Best on her "Wunderkammer", which mixes 11th-century Italian bronzes with pieces by Jeff Koons
InterviewArt Basel in Hong Kong 2018
Collector's Eye: William Lim
The Hong Kong-based architect tells us what art he's bought and why
Comment
Then & Now: "Modern art is destroying itself," warned our first issue
Museums have since devoted sizeable resources
NewsArt market
From Van Gogh to Richter—what happens when bidders fail to pay up at auction?
Flaky winning bids are knocking the gloss off record-breaking sales
InterviewCollectors
Collector's Eye: Mera Rubell
She tells us about being open to young art and why she has pigeons in her museum
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach
Collector's Eye: Ella Fontanals-Cisneros
She tells us about the Barbara Hepworth in her bathroom and her regret at not sitting for Warhol
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Survey says: many US collectors have never had their art appraised or insured
UBS report surveyed 2,475 US-based high-net-worth investors
InterviewArt Basel in Miami Beach
Collector's Eye: Craig Robins
The entrepreneur tells us about his most recent art buys and which artists he would love to have at his dinner party
InterviewFrieze 2017
Collector's Eye: Eugenio Re Rebaudengo
Art lovers tell us what they've bought and why
InterviewFrieze 2017
Collector's eye: Huma Kabakci
Art lovers tell us what they've bought and why
NewsFrieze 2017
Early sales at Frieze London
Collectors flocked to Lehmann Maupin's and Jack Shainman's stands
NewsFrieze 2017
New Tate fund puts performance centre-stage
Scheme aims to bridge gap between collecting and displaying the medium
InterviewFrieze 2017
Collector's Eye: Anita Zabludowicz
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
NewsCollectors
Collector’s eye: Wanwan Lei and Lin Han
Art lovers talk about the best and worst works they’ve bought
NewsCollecting
Collectors take up residencies—alongside artists—at London’s Delfina Foundation
Six participants from Asia, Europe and South America will ponder how and why they buy art
NewsAcquisitions
Not just mummies: British Museum to expand collection with work from modern Egypt
Printed materials, textiles, photographs and items of everyday homeware from the 20th and 21st centuries to be shown alongside museum’s renowned holdings of ancient art
NewsReview
Kissin’ and collectin’ cousins
How one branch of a German noble family married into every European royal family and acquired spectacular works of art
NewsAuctions
Want a piece of a former Met curator's collection? It'll cost less than you think
The collection of Everett Fahy, who led the museum’s European paintings department and later the Frick Collection, headlines Christie's Old Master sale
NewsCollectors
ARTnews reveals 2016's top 200 collectors
Annual list of leading collectors boasts usual array of property developers, computer software designers and bankers
NewsCollectors
Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan collection to be sold in aid of historic London studios
Sotheby’s auction is expected to raise £600,000 towards restoration of Durham Wharf by architecture collective Assemble
News
New affordable-art website Collectionair backed by curatorial big-hitters
Former director of Pompidou among names behind online platform, which sells works for under $10,000<br> <br>
NewsCollectors
Rich list 2016: fortunes drop for several British-based art collectors
Lakshmi Mittal and Roman Abramovich have slipped down the Sunday Times ranking
NewsExhibitions
Sol LeWitt’s art collection reveals friendships and artistic resonances
The Drawing Center displays a selection of the 4,000 works amassed by the ‘natural-born collector’
NewsArtists
Wild at art: private art foundation dedicated to adventurer and watercolourist Tony Foster opens in Silicon Valley
The artist’s patron, the renewable energy investor Jane Woodward, has wholly backed the project
NewsExhibitions
MoMA swings into the 1960s with new collection display
The museum will reinstall its fourth floor galleries with international works from the “boundary-crossing” decade
NewsBooks
Book on Gertrude Stein’s art collecting family wins Frick prize
Editors and contributors share $25,000 biennial award, this year backed by the Broad Foundation
NewsCollectors
Collectors can find a new niche at Frieze Masters
David Bailey’s torn portraits, sculpture from Borneo and netsuke put the eclectic into Collections
NewsCollectors
Is it time for regional museums to woo big collectors?
Summit in Sheffield asks how arts organisations can attract private patronage
News
Luciano Benetton’s collection presents a united view of the world’s cultures
But Venice exhibition is also full of political unrest and upheaval
News
Murakami reveals surprise debt to Anselm Kiefer
Superstar artist provides exclusive insight into vast and eclectic collection before his Yokohama show—just don’t call him the Japanese Andy Warhol
NewsCollectors
Private museums multiply among ARTnews top 200 collectors
Among who's who of leading collectors, many have established foundations
NewsCollectors
Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick: one of Europe's greatest collectors
His outstanding collection secured his legacy, says Joachim Whaley
NewsCollectors
‘Commerce is in. If real estate is booming, art is booming’
Property tycoon Aby Rosen, promoting his new Manhattan skyscraper, talks about art-world fatigue and giving something back to society
NewsArt fairs
Private museums band together at London's Art15 fair
International collectors plan to share exhibitions and co-commission works of art
NewsCollecting
Website launching this week aims to make collecting digital art easier
Daata Editions commissions original sound, video and online works of art
NewsOld Masters
Row over Old Masters flares up in Madrid
National heritage office says the Prado should hand over four paintings for new Royal Collections museum
NewsExhibitions
America is easier to see, but the whole picture remains elusive: Alexander Alberro on the Whitney’s opening exhibition
Unknown works appear with more familiar ones but a few key pieces have lost impact they once had in Breuer Building
NewsAuctions
Three quarters of new collectors buy art online for investment, study finds
But buyers are not risking large sums, with the majority of works still priced below £10,000
NewsBooks
A glimpse behind the doors of the Roman Baroque palace
A year of research reveals how nobles used theatrical interiors to show their collections
ArchiveBooks
Larry Warsh explores buyers’ behaviour in new book
The avid collector is trying to understand why acquiring art can be such a compulsion
ArchiveOctober 2014
Flipping art: filthy lucre or a sound business plan?
In 2014 we noted that market speculation can offer rich rewards, but in the long term, it may do collectors more harm than good
ArchiveArt market
‘Poor door’ opens to let in new collectors as galleries reach out to a wider market with souvenirs and branding
From limited-edition works to T-shirts and tote bags, galleries are diversifying to suit the market
ArchiveCollectors
Online database Larryslist.com ranks private collectors
Rankings take into account the collector's participation and responsibilities within the art world
ArchiveInterviews
The scoop on Russia: Interview with Milena Orlova
Milena Orlova, the editor of The Art Newspaper Russia, discusses the market, collectors and why Russia needs an art newspaper
ArchiveDigital art
Art Institute of Chicago and London’s V&A keep pace with digital creativity in their collecting and curation
Techno-design is go for museum collections
CommentArt market
What sort of art will we want after the pandemic ends?
Performance out, domestically-sized painting in
Georgina Adam