Rating collectors' 2010

[SergeiSK]

The authoritative magazine on the art ARTnews published a list of the ten largest and most active collectors for 2010. The list, in alphabetical order, opens the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Authors list named him collector of art XX-XXI centuries.
Abramovich began to invest in art in 2008 and quickly became famous for his purchases at the auction: for example, he bought paintings by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud for approximately 86 and 33 million dollars respectively. The businessman was the guest of honor at the last two exhibitions of contemporary art "Art Basel". Companion Abramovich Daria Zhukova - director of the Moscow Exhibition Center Garage.
In addition to a Russian businessman in the top ten were:
Helene and Bernard Arnault (Paris, modern art);
Debra and Leon Black (New York, old masters, impressionism, art XX-XXI centuries, Chinese sculpture);
Edith and Eli Broad (Los Angeles, contemporary art);
Alexandra and Steven Cohen (Greenwich, Conn., impressionism, art XX-XXI centuries);
Joseph Lau (Hong Kong, the art of XX-XXI centuries, in particular Andy Warhol);
Philip Niarchos Foundation (London, Paris, St. Moritz, impressionism, art XX-XXI centuries);
Francois Pinault (Paris, modern art);
Emily and Mitchell Rails (New York, art XX-XXI centuries);
Sheikh Saud Muhammad Ali Al-Thani (Doha, antiquities, old masters, the art of the Islamic world, modern art, architecture, and minerals)
(http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=3002)
In addition, the magazine published an expanded version of the list - of 200 collectors. It took the Russians two positions: in addition to Abramovich in the list was the president of Onexim Development "Oleg Baibakov with her daughter Maria, lead gallery Baibakov art projects. Also on the list - Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk, the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, the artist Damien Hirst, Charles Saatchi booster, spouses designers Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, the Prince of Liechtenstein Hans-Adam II and his wife Maria
Here is the list:
http://www.artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=3003
To compile a list that had become a 20th in a row, reporters interviewed ARTnews collectors, art dealers, auctioneers, museum directors, curators, and consultants from 22 countries. The experts, in particular, asked about post-crisis state of the art market, in which Picasso and Giacometti set records at auction. Art dealer Neil Metzer, former head of unit for Contemporary Art Christie's, said that now "art has become the market, which look to other markets to see what looks very rich people."
(Lenta.Ru)