The most influential people in the art world in 2009
Published rating of the most influential people in the art world in 2009. In the first place curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Last year's leader Damien Hirst has dropped to 48 th
Today magazine Art Review published the rating of the most influential people in the art world in 2009. For the first time a list of hundred names headed not an artist or gallery owner and curator of London's Serpentine Gallery Swiss Hans Ulrich Obrist (Hans Ulrich Obrist). Last year's leader - a British artist Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst) - moved from the top line of the rating on the 48-th.
in the top three largest museums are logged Director: Glenn Lowry (Glenn Lowry) of the New York Museum of Modern Art MoMA is located at the second position, and Sir Nicholas Serota (Nicholas Serota), director of the Tate Gallery in London -- the third. This is followed by the curator of the 53rd Venice Biennale, Daniel Birnbaum (Daniel Birnbaum), a gallery owner Larry Gagosian (Larry Gagosian), collectors Francois Pinault (François Pinault) and Eli Broad (Eli Broad), curated by Anton Vidokl, Julieta Aranda and Brian Kuan Wood ( Anton Vidokle, Julieta Aranda & Brian Kuan Wood), as well as Blazvik Ivona (Iwona Blazwick). Closes the top ten Art Review is the only artist - American Bruce Nauman (Bruce Nauman), who held last year, only 45-th line.
In 2009, Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) dropped from 11 seats in the 13th, and Takashi Murakami, by contrast, rose from 28 th position on the 17 th. Quite a bit of it lagging behind the Swiss Peter Fischli (Peter Fischli) and David Weiss (David Weiss), who had a 19 line. Other well-known artists included in the rating of Art Review, - Gillik Liam (Liam Gillick, 34 th place), John Baldessari (John Baldessari, 37 th place), Paul McCarthy (Paul McCarthy, 39 th), Cindy Sherman ( Cindy Sherman, 42-th place), Ai Veyvey (Ai Weiwei, 43rd place), Richard Prince (Richard Prince, 47-th place), Gerhard Richter (Gerhard Richter, 57-th place), Richard Serra (Richard Serra , 58 th place) and Louise Bourgeois (Louise Bourgeois, 75-th place).
From 67 th to 53rd place this year rose Ukrainian billionaire Viktor Pinchuk, who has spent this year in Kiev a retrospective of Damien Hirst . But Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Daria Zhukova, who occupied the rating in 2008, 54 th line in this year's list of most influential people in the world of art was not.
article prepared by Catherine Onuchina, AI
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P.S. More about Art Review rankings for year 2008 can be read here.
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