Topic Archives: Corporate collectors

This addition to the Art Radar ‘Lists’ series takes a look at five of our best posts on art collecting in the corporate world.

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We move away from reporting on the “blue-chip” sales at ART HK 11 and take a closer look at what was happening in the new ASIA ONE and ART FUTURES sections of the fair.

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ArtInsight’s second global art market seminar for 2011 discusses what makes for a successful art fund and whether art can be an asset class.

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ART PROFESSIONALS CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART ART HISTORY Weng Ling has been an essential figure over the course of Chinese contemporary art history. Since graduating in art history from the Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA) in 1989, she has achieved … Continue reading →

INDIAN ART AMERICAN ART MUSEUM COLLECTIONS This year, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) has acquired three major works on loan from the Harmony Art Foundation: Anish Kapoor’s Halo (2006), Francis Newton Souza’s Birth (1955)and Paritosh Sen’s Amhedabad scene (1984). “We … Continue reading →

CHINESE ART COLLECTING Jing Daily, an online news source covering “the business of culture” in China, spots a new trend: burgeoning demand for collector education. According to Jing Daily, Along with the growing interest in buying and collecting art in … Continue reading →

INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET OUTLOOK CEO of on-line Indian auction house Saffronart explains that the collector base for Indian art is changing Dinesh Vazirani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Saffronart, the world’s largest online auction house for fine art … Continue reading →

ART PATRONS BANK COLLECTORS  How has the 500-year-old tradition of art patronage by banks changed, particularly after the events of 2008? Why do banks collect art? Will they continue to collect after the Financial Crisis and if they do will their … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ART FAIR SPONSORSHIP The May 2010 incarnation ART HK will only be the international art fair’s third event, but it has already earned the confidence-and sponsorship- of Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, which has recently signed … Continue reading →

KOREAN ART If you have an interest in Korean contemporary art, be sure to make time for the latest 20 minute podcast from Arttactic, a London-based research house. In it, British collector and sports promoter David Ciclitira, together with Rodman … Continue reading →

INFLUENCERS ART Art Review monthly magazine has published its Power 100 list for 2008.  Produced annually since 2001 it is a ranking of the most influential participants in the art world and includes artists, gallerists, auctioneers and collectors. Trends this year … Continue reading →

CORPORATE COLLECTORS TREND Corporations in distress sell art collections Another bankrupt corporation, another corporate art collection on the block. Actually, no one quite knows what Lehman Brothers, the financial services firm that filed for bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15, will … Continue reading →

          KOREAN CONTEMPORARY ART Korean artists and galleries have made a huge impact on Beijing recently with the presence of PKM Gallery, Do Art and Arario Beijing in the Brewery International Art Garden says Theme magazine. … Continue reading →

ART MARKET RECESSION At least for now, the US has managed to avert a complete collapse of the banking system permitting the press breathing space to ponder the potential impact of the financial crisis on businesses and individuals around the world. How will the art … Continue reading →

EXHIBITIONS HONG KONG Top ten shows in Hong Kong this September part 2 published in Saatchi Online Magazine and written by Art Radar Asia’s editor Kate Evans. Lee Waisler: Portraits and Abstractions 11 September to 11 October Sundaram Tagore Gallery Sundaram … Continue reading →

NEW MEDIA ART FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA FOR COLLECTORS Fortune Cookie projects, an art consulting service with clients who include Clifford Chance, Hermes, UBS and Saatchi, plan to set up headquarters in Singapore this year and they are on the … Continue reading →