ARTnews Agency published a list of two hundred leading collectors
Agency ARTnews published an annual list of two hundred leading art collector
Agency ARTnews the twentieth time, published its annual rating of two hundred leading collectors of works of art in the world. For its compilation ARTnews correspondents in twenty-two countries were interviewed numerous collectors, dealers, auctioneers, museum directors, curators, and consultants. They assessed the general state of the art market: the patient went to the amendment.
autumn of 2009, after an unusually successful bidding of Contemporary Art in London and the auction of impressionist and modernist art in New York City experts first began withdrawal of the art market from crisis. Record price of auction sales Picasso (106.4 million dollars) and Alberto Giacometti (104,2 million), followed this year, only confirmed the trend.
«We sincerely surprised by how proved to be a strong market, "- said the executive director of auction house Christie's, Edward Doleman (Edward Dolman).
From interviews CEO William Ruprecht, Sotheby's (William Ruprecht):« With the gradual improvement in the economic situation of the wealthy people are returning to the art market, and recovery of this sector is faster than in other areas of the economy. But when things get worse, the art market is reacting faster and stronger than others. It is equally sensitive to ups and downs ».
Ruprecht also observed a significant increase in the number of collectors in China: in Hong Kong, New York, Paris, London, affluent Asians are increasingly interested in investment in the arts and actively assert themselves at the auctions. This view was shared by Edward Dolman.
According to the director of one of the leading New York galleries Fayndleya Michael (Michael Findlay), collectors now moves to the art of love, the desire for social status and prestige desire to make profitable investments.
in the top ten rankings entered and Roman Abramovich. By the way, first time his name appeared in this ranking in 2008.
Rate published in alphabetical order. .
Separately drafters identify dozens of its leaders (in alphabetical order, too.
Top 10 art collectors in the world (in alphabetical order)
| Name | City | Occupation | collectible |
| Roman Abramovich | Moscow | Steel, coal, investments, professional football | Contemporary Art |
| Helene and Bernard Arnault | Paris | Luxury | Contemporary Art |
| Debra and Leon Black | New York | Investment Banking | Old Masters, Impressionists and modernists, Chinese sculpture; |
| Edith and Eli Broad | Los Angeles | Finance and Construction | Contemporary Art |
| Alexandra and Steven Cohen | Greenwich, Connecticut | Hedge Fund | Impressionists, Modernists; |
| Joseph Lau | Hong Kong | Real Estate | modernists; |
| Philip Niarhos | Paris, London; | Shipping and Finance | Old Masters, Impressionists, Modernists; |
| Francois Pinault | Paris | Luxury, auctions (Christie's) | Contemporary Art |
| Emily and Mitchell Rails (Emily and Mitchell Rales) | Potomac, Maryland; | Mechanics | modernists; |
| Sheikh Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Thani | Doha, Qatar; | Real Estate and Investments | Antiquity, old masters, Islamic art, contemporary art, natural history, minerals, architecture |
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