The site appeared ARTnews.com annual ranking of the world's leading art collectors, consisting of two hundred names of the most active buyers of art treasures. Browser ARTnews Milton Esterou tried to trace the main trends of this year and to answer the question: who and how it becomes a collector?

One art dealer offered an answer to this question: "Think of You collector, if you buy now, but absolutely no idea where it would hang. " He was echoed by a prominent collector, whose home in New York, at Palm Beach and Paris is literally crammed with works of art "become a collector after he bought the picture and suddenly realized that her nowhere to see, since all the walls in your house is hung from floor to ceiling ».

What compels people to collect art? Perhaps, this question is best answered the late art historian Kenneth Clark: "It's like that ask to find out why we fall in love. You can call a thousand reasons ».

If you try to find a more serious answer to this question, among the main incentives for collectors may be called the social prestige and favorable long-term investment. But most importantly, what collection of art objects, as one art dealer, "allows you to experience unforgettable emotions and sensations which are not comparable with what other things - an enormous inner satisfaction and joy, called the work for which you can watch at home every day and every day to enjoy. These feelings do not become obsolete ».

to compile the 21st annual ranking of reporters ARTnews, by tradition, it was necessary to interview the collectors, dealers, auctioneers, museum directors, curators and museum consultants from 22 countries . The list is available in two variants - the Top 200 and Top 10. Full list of two hundred names, you can see here (published in alphabetical rating order).

separate compilers identified the top ten (in alphabetical order), and that's what it looks like:

Top 10 art collectors in the world (in alphabetical order)

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Name	City < /p>	Occupation	Collectibles
Helene and Bernard Arnault Hélène and Bernard Arnault)	Paris	Luxury	Contemporary Art
Debra and Leon Black (Debra and Leon Black)	New York	Investment Banking	Old Masters, Impressionists and modernists, Chinese sculpture, contemporary art
Edith and Eli Broad (Edythe L. and Eli Broad)	Los Angeles	Finance and Construction	Contemporary Art
Alexandra and Steven Cohen (Alexandra and Steven A. Cohen)	Greenwich, Connecticut	Hedge Fund	impressionists, modernists, contemporary art
Laurence Graff (Laurence Graff)	Gstaad, Switzerland	Jewelry	modernists, contemporary art
Niarhos Philip (Philip S. Niarchos)	St. Moritz, Switzerland	delivery of goods and finance	Old Masters, Impressionists, Modernists, modern art
Francois Pinault ( François Pinault)	Paris	< p> Luxury auctions (Christie's)	Contemporary Art
Emily Mitchell and Rails (Emily and Mitchell Rales)	Potomac, Maryland, New York	Mechanics	modernists, contemporary art
Sheikh Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Thani (Sheikh Saud bin Mohammad bin Ali al-Thani)	Doha, Qatar	Real Estate and Investments	Antiquity , old masters, Islamic art, contemporary art, natural history, minerals, architecture
Halit Chingiloglu ( Halit Chingillioglu)	Istanbul	< p> Banking	Impressionists, modernist, modern art

How did the experts evaluate the current situation in the market as a whole? "Now the market has a lot of people with more money, chasing relics of art - told ARTnews one of the experts. - The biggest demand is for classic works of the modernists and contemporary artists. Warhol and Picasso, still in the lead, and their position only strengthened. The same is true of Bacon and Rothko ».

« Situation on the market has changed, "- says art dealer Neal Meltzer, in the past - the head of contemporary art auction house Christie's. "Modern artists have replaced the Impressionist and Modern with a leading position, and now they - the focus of collectors».

Martin Summers, a London art dealer, said that the key is for the collectors' factor recognition "works of art.

By all accounts, a bit too high expectations of sellers and buyers become more discerning.

Lucy Mitchell Ince head of the New York gallery Mitchell-Innes & Nash, president of the American Association of art dealers, said that "the market is growing, as in the number of buyers are constantly emerging new players».

According Simon Shaw, head of department of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's, «global appetite for great works of art is growing, but the market is not so many." Other experts describe the state of the market as "stable", "surprisingly stable", "strong and stable».

«The market has stabilized again after the psychological and financial meltdown in late 2008 - 2009. Today it is unprofitable to pull up prices for works by living classics. Money spent today several moderate. Buyers prefer the interesting work of younger artists who do not require excessive financial costs ».

As a result of recent sales of Impressionist, as well as works by Picasso and Bacon, the leader among buyers of art treasures Sheikh Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Thani, member of the royal family of Qatar, which is not the first on the list of ARTnews, including his top ten. Sheikh Ali al-Thani also collects photos, art, jewelry and Muslim countries. Over the past two years he spent on the purchase of works of art a few million dollars.

In the two hundred and major collectors and have Russian names: it is Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova, as well as Mary and Oleg Baibakov. Post-Soviet space is represented in the person of Ukraine Viktor Pinchuk.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

Source : artnews.com , artinvestment.ru