Tag: Collector
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Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s NEON to Conclude After ‘Having Fulfilled Its Mission’
NEON, the Athens-based initiative founded by leading collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos, will conclude its activities later this year, “after 14 years of activity, having fulfilled its cultural and social mission,” according to a release. NEON’s final project began last year when the first of three exhibitions by Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz opened at the Acropolis Museum read more
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Billionaire Art Collector Ken Griffin Warns of Global Recession if Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed
Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire hedge fund founder and one of the world’s most prominent art collectors, warned Tuesday that the global economy faces a recession if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed through the end of this year. “Let’s assume it’s shut down for the next six to 12 months,” Griffin said at the read more
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Collector Bob Rennie Donates 24 Works to National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) in Ottawa has received a gift of 24 contemporary artworks from Bob Rennie, one of the country’s leading art collectors, and his family. The donated works include 17 works by Christopher Williams, two works by Kerry James Marshall, four by Brian Jungen, and one by Jin-me Yoon. With this read more
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Collector Belinda Tanoto’s Art Foundation Showcases Cutting-Edge Art with a Mission to Build Out Singapore’s Art Scene
A former 1960s girls’ high school assembly hall may not be the first place you expect to find contemporary art in Singapore. For collector Belinda Tanoto, however, it was the ideal pop-up venue for the inaugural exhibition of her recently formed Tanoto Art Foundation (TAF). “We purposely picked a place that is not an intimidating read more
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In Congress Deposition, Billionaire Collector Les Wexner Claims He Was ‘Conned’ by Jeffrey Epstein
Les Wexner, the billionaire founder of L Brands and a major art collector, gave testimony to the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, in a closed door deposition from his home in New Albany, Ohio. In an opening statement to the House Oversight Committee, which is conducting an investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case, Wexner read more
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Prominent Collector and Navy Secretary John Phelan Rode On Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Plane
John Phelan, a prominent art collector and the current Secretary of the Navy, is revealed to have flown on the private plane of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2006, according to a report by CNN. Flight logs note that he flew from London to New York on March 3 of that year. The flight read more
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Collector Ronald Lauder Repeatedly Named in Newly Released Jeffrey Epstein Files
Ronald Lauder, a powerful art collector who has patronized institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Trust, and the World Monuments Funds, appears more than 900 times in the set of Jeffrey Epstein–related files that were released by the Department of Justice at the end of January. read more
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Iconic Fashion Designer and Art Collector Valentino Garavani Dies at 93
Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani died in Rome, the birthplace of his eponymous brand, on Jan. 19 at age 93. Garavani was born in Voghera, a town south of Milan in northern Italy. He moved to Paris as a young man, where he continued his fashion studies and worked for French designers Jean Dessès and read more
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