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Art Collectors

A tantalizing glimpse into the minds and vaults of those who shape the art world. Profiles that blend intrigue with insight, revealing not just what collectors buy, but why. The stories behind the acquisitions, exploring the trends these tastemakers set, and providing a peek at the elusive world of private collections. Sharp analysis, a dash of gossip, and an insider’s look at how prominent art collectors influence the ever-evolving art market. It’s where passion meets power, with a hint of mystery. Read more about Arts.

A painting of a large group of men in 1700s style dress

A Guide to Washington, D.C.’s Unknown Art Collections

The State Department's $100 million art collections are managed through the Office of Fine Arts and the Art in Embassies office.
By Daniel Grant
A museum-style gallery installation featuring ancient marble sculptures and busts displayed on black pedestals against a backdrop of dark velvet curtains and wood flooring.

A New E.U. Antiquities Regulation Adds to Dealers’ Mounting Legal, Administrative and Financial Burdens

“Regulation 2019/880 places additional burdens on the art market in the form of extra paperwork and time,” art lawyer Leila A. Amineddoleh told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo

Observer’s Guide to Fine Art Storage, Where Masterpieces Go to Wait

Dedicated art storage facilities offer purpose-built environments designed to house and protect artworks under tightly controlled conditions.
By Daniel Grant
A woman in a long black fur lined jacket takes a picture of another woman wearing a printed dress at a print fair

How Gen Z and Prints Are Reshaping the Art Market’s Future

By Jenny Gibbs
A woman with long blond hair sits smiling on a blue couch in a well-lit modern space, with a rack of art books behind her including titles like Frank Stella and 30,000 Years of Art—this is likely a professional headshot of Casey Lesser, chief curator at Artsy.

What Collectors Really Want from Galleries, According to Artsy’s Casey Lesser

By Dan Duray

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

By Christa Terry
Auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang takes a bid at Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale with Marlene Dumas’s painting Miss January displayed on screen as the top lot.

At Christie’s, Women Commanded the Market While Rewriting Records

By Elisa Carollo
A live auction scene at Sotheby’s with a packed audience and auctioneer Oliver Barker standing at the rostrum, surrounded by framed artworks on dark blue walls.

At Sotheby’s, a $70M Giacometti Fails to Sell While Works By Munch and Cézanne Ignite Buyer Excitement

By Elisa Carollo
A man wearing a white sweater and yellow pants stands smiling in front of three illuminated digital art displays in a dark gallery space. The artworks feature futuristic, colorful, and surreal 3D scenes encased in glass-like structures.

Edward Zeng On Building a Tech-First Art Foundation to Confront What Comes Next

By Elisa Carollo
An image of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black blazer, standing with arms crossed and looking at the camera against a neutral gray background.

Christie’s Isabella Lauria Talks Basquiat, Market Shifts and What Makes a Masterpiece

By Dan Duray
Beth Rudin DeWoody stands smiling in the doorway of her home beneath a sign that reads “APPLAUSE,” with a decorative sheep sculpture at her side and a seashell-encrusted console table on the right.

Florida’s Bunker Artspace Reveals the Wit and Range of Collector Beth DeWoody’s Discerning Eye

By Elisa Carollo
Art Looted By Nazis

Lost, Looted, Disputed: Why Provenance Is Still the Art World’s Blind Spot

By Daniel Grant
Four Roy Lichtenstein artworks, including paintings and sculptures in his signature pop art style, are displayed on easels and stools inside a bright, unfinished studio space with exposed beams and a worn wooden floor.

Ten Highlights From New York’s Spring Marquee Auctions

By Elisa Carollo
A family with a toddler explores a contemporary art fair; paintings hang on white walls and the child, dressed in pink, is holding hands with an adult who points toward the artworks.

Taipei Dangdai Director Robin Peckham Talks Art, Ambition and Taiwan’s Global Rise

By Elisa Carollo
A visitor stands in a gallery looking at a large, colorful abstract painting by Joan Mitchell on David Zwirner's booth wall, with a smaller geometric painting on an adjacent wall.

The Latest BOA Art Market Report Points to Cautious Optimism Ahead of Spring Auction Test

By Elisa Carollo
A contemporary living room featuring Richard Prince’s Man Crazy Nurse painting with bold red and yellow tones hanging above a beige sofa.

Selections From Barbara Gladstone’s Art Collection Are Coming to Sotheby’s This May

By Elisa Carollo
A large, vibrant Frank Stella painting composed of two intersecting circles filled with colorful radial segments hangs on a white wall above a minimalist mid-century sofa arrangement in a sunlit living room with floor-to-ceiling windows and two tall sculptural figures.

The Bass House Collection Brings Stella, Kelly, Martin and More to Christie’s in May

By Elisa Carollo
A silhouette of a man shown standing in front of the Joan Mitchell painting, 'Sunflowers' on display at Sotheby's auction house in New York

From Rothko to Revenue: Unlocking Liquidity Through Art-Backed Lending

By Philip Hoffman
Wood-paneled room with three art pieces displayed in niches: a white classical female sculpture, a glowing red glass sphere on a pedestal, and a dark wooden tribal figure.

How the Green Family Art Foundation Is Shaping Dallas’ Rise in Contemporary Art

By Elisa Carollo
Elegant mid-century modern living room featuring a minimalist aesthetic with custom furniture and art. A large black abstract mobile hangs from the ceiling. On the wall above the fireplace is an oval-shaped textured bronze artwork. A sculptural coffee table with a glass top anchors the seating area, which includes two neutral-toned sofas and metal-framed chairs. Flanking the fireplace are wooden curved cabinets with decorative urns and modern artworks, including a reclining nude painting and a black relief piece in a red frame

Daniella Luxembourg’s $30 Million Collection Leads Sotheby’s May Auctions

By Elisa Carollo
Vintage black and white photograph of Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt walking through a crowded newspaper printing press room with men in suits and workers at machines.

A Legacy of Resistance: Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt’s Collection Nets €11.3M at Sotheby’s

By Elisa Carollo

All That Glitters Isn’t Graded: The New Rules of Diamond Value

By Ferdousi Islam and Emma Cunningham

The Fantasy of the Lost Masterpiece and the Hard Realities of Art Authentication

By Daniel Grant
Projection of a head of a greek statue on a rock

Art Collector Athanasios Polychronopoulos Is Bringing A.I. Art to Delphi

By Elisa Carollo
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