Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world
As Frieze art fair opens in New York, our power primer traces the artists and dealers, celebrity collectors and oligarchs who make the art world go round
Francois Pinault
Francois Pinault is the top billionaire art collector
The world’s biggest billionaire art buyers Of the top ten biggest art collector billionaires, Francois Pinault, the owner of Christie’s auction house, is the wealthiest, according to the list of the top 10 Billionaire Art Collectors compiled by Wealth-X. With a fortune of US$9.9bn, US$1bn of that is tied up in art. He has amassed … Read more
Diesel to restore Venice’s 400-year-old Rialto Bridge
Ponte di Rialto in jeans Greatly in need of repairs, Venice’s 48-metre (157 foot) long Ponte di Rialto, one of the most beautiful bridges in the world and a true reflection of Venetian style, will be restored by “OTB”, a Company from Breganze (Vicenza, Italy) owned by Renzo Rosso (Diesel clothing company), popularly known as Italy’s … Read more
Bernard Arnault, Francois Pinault and Johann Rupert top the list of world’s richest watch titans
Ultra high net worth (UHNW) luxury watch manufacturers and retailers With a net worth of US$26 billion, Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, is the world’s richest watch titan, according to Wealth-X top 10 UHNW global watch titans list. Francois Pinault, founder of PPR, ranked second with a net worth of US$9.9 billion. In third … Read more
10 Most Powerful People in the Art World
Art+Auction’s 10 Most Powerful People in the Art World Art+Auction presented its 2011 Power Top 10. The Power Top 10 is drawn from the distinct categories listed in the full Power 100, which include power auctioneers, power collectors, and key art-world figures that make up the power of tradition. The respected advisers for this year’s … Read more