What Even Is a Collector These Days?
How has the concept of a collector changed over the past 34 editions?
Historically, building an art collection was a gradual process that took years, if not decades. When ARTnews began publishing its annual Top 200 Collectors list in 1990, the art world was at an inflection point for collecting. So when exactly is it that these buyers become collectors, and ones that merit inclusion in the Top 200? Read an introduction to the 34th edition of the list.
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Top Collector Estrellita B. Brodsky Elected as Chair of Hirshhorn Museum’s Board
She succeeds Dan Sallick, who has served as chair for the past eight years.
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