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Art Collectors

Trends, insights and news about collecting art. Interviews with collectors and advisors. Read more about Arts.

An exhibition view shows two visitors seen from behind looking at a large, brightly colored figurative painting on a pink gallery wall.

What Do Next-Gen Collectors Want From the Art World?

Avant Arte’s “A Changing of the Guard” report and Georgina Adam’s new book make the case that younger audiences are not consuming culture only to own, display or accumulate; they are buying entry into a community built around a set of values and a shared sense of belonging.
By Elisa Carollo
Annie Taylor stands smiling in a blue and green patterned outfit in front of a fireplace and surrounding artworks.

Annie Taylor On Collecting as Cultural Stewardship

Taylor’s collecting practice is highly instinctive but not reckless, shaped by both immediate resonance and careful looking.
By Elisa Carollo
A woman in a white dress with red geometric patterns and a red shawl stands in front of a colorful painting, framed photographs and sculptural objects in an interior space.

Kiran Nadar’s Ambition to Put Indian Art On the World Stage

With her 16,000-work collection, she's helping write Indian art’s next chapter.
By Elisa Carollo
A large Kenneth Noland painting shows concentric circles in red, yellow, ocher, pale blue and black, framed by loose blue and red brushstrokes.

Collector Jennifer Gilbert Is Selling Masterpieces at Sotheby’s to Fund a New Arts Nonprofit in Detroit

By Elisa Carollo
A small orange abstract painting hangs beside a window overlooking Central Park and a tall beige tower in the distance.

The Top Collections Leading the May Marquee Auctions

By Elisa Carollo

At the New Museum Spring Gala, the Art World Turned Out for Lisa Phillips

By Christa Terry
A reclining nude figure with pale skin lies curled against a richly patterned, dark decorative background filled with gold tones and organic motifs, suggesting a sensual, dreamlike scene.

What to Watch in Sotheby’s Masterpieces From the Lewis Collection Sale

By Christa Terry
Students attend an educational program in the Gothic Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts Wednesday, June 2, 2016.

The Complete Collector: What Isabella Stewart Gardner Built

By Megan Fox Kelly
A black-and-white portrait of Enrico Donati wearing a beret and holding a pipe, with the shadow of a mechanical object cast on the wall behind him.

The Last Surrealist: Artist Enrico Donati’s Collection Heads to Auction

By Elisa Carollo
A wide horizontal painting by Jackson Pollock covered in dense black drips, splatters and looping lines with scattered red accents stretches across a light canvas.

Christie’s Locks in the $450 Million S.I. Newhouse Collection

By Elisa Carollo
A woman wearing a black hat and glasses smiles while seated at a desk, posed in front of a densely layered collage wall of photographs, clippings and personal imagery.

Diane Keaton’s Collection Heads to Bonhams, Revealing a Life Shaped by Singular Taste

By Elisa Carollo
A bright, refined interior shows a dining table with chairs, a large framed painting of a seated nude figure on an orange background and tall wooden cabinets beside sunlit windows.

Inside the Most Valuable Single-Owner Design Sale in Sotheby’s History

By Brook S. Mason
Exterior view of Cheng-Lan's Corner, Hong Kong, showing Cian Dayrit's tapestry A Country, A Body visible through the ground-floor gallery's glass facade.

How Two Hong Kong Collectors Are Choosing Public Engagement Over Possession

By Elisa Carollo

Sotheby’s Evelyn Lin On Asia’s Maturing Market, Young Collectors and the New Rules of the Hong Kong Sale

By Elisa Carollo
Evan in front of his parents library.

Meet the Collector: Why Evan Chow Doesn’t Believe in the Coup de Foudre

By Elisa Carollo
A man and a woman stand with their backs turned, discussing a large abstract painting while one holds a clipboard in what appears to be a gallery or consulting setting.

Why the World’s Biggest Banks Are Getting Into the Art Advisory Business

By Daniel Grant
A studio portrait shows a woman with long dark hair wearing a sleeveless denim top, sitting with her arms crossed and looking directly at the camera.

Meet the Collector: Yasmine Berrada Wants to Change the Way the World Sees Moroccan Art

By Naima Morelli
Exploring Southern California's Westwood Village

Collecting Art Is Easy. Running a Museum, Not So Much.

By Daniel Grant
Christie's Presents Classic Week Highlights in London

In Both Primary and Secondary Markets, Presentation Drives Price

By Daniel Grant
Three people stand spaced apart in a bright white gallery surrounded by large floral and grass-themed paintings.

In Dubai, Efie Gallery Is Rewriting the Map of Contemporary African Art

By Gameli Hamelo
The fair opened with great energy. We’ve seen a strong presence of collectors, including many new faces, and had several promising conversations that were confirmed this morning with two acquisitions.

At Art Basel Hong Kong, More Collectors Are Buying With Purpose

By Elisa Carollo
A photo of a man in a blue shirt pointing at a Casablanca movie poster featuring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, with the background showing a Greta Garbo Hotel poster.

Meet the Collector: Dwight Cleveland On Turning Hollywood Ephemera into Museum-Worthy History

By Christa Terry

Our Favorite Looks from the Frick Collection’s 2026 Young Fellows Ball

By Christa Terry
Two visitors stand among tall sculptural forms printed with images of water or ice, examining the installation closely inside a gallery booth.

Beneath the Art Market’s Recovery, a Structural Reset Is Underway

By Elisa Carollo
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