올해도 지난해 미술품을 많이 구입한 200명 컬렉터 명단이 발표되었네요. 사실 얼마나 샀는지 그 근거를 어떻게 집계했는지 잘은 모르지만 그들의 호사취미와 문화예술에 대한 열정 그리고 부자들의 부자로서의 노블리스 오블리주의 실천에 무한 감동!!!을 느낍니다. 

명단을 보다보니 서글퍼지는 것은 세게 14위 권의 경제국가라는 대한민국 사람 이름은 눈을 씻고 보아도 1명밖에 없네요. 제가 혹여 잘 못 보았을 수도 있으니 한번 더 확인해 보세요. 게다가 일본의 경기가 다시 피긴 핀 것인지 일본 컬렉터들의 약진이 눈에 띄고 또 홍콩과 베이징 컬렉터들이 여전히 큰손을 자랑합니다. 

하긴 미술품을 가진 사람을 도둑놈 취급에, 범법자 취급하는 나라에서 누가 무슨 베짱으로 그림을 내놓고 사겠습니까만.  그나마 아라리오 김창일회장 이름이 눈에 뜨여 여간 반가운 것이 아니었습니다. 미술동네 자존심을 그가 지켜준(?)것 같아서 말입니다.

정말 달러 보유고때문에 환율때문에 수출경상수지가 계속악화되고 있는데 마치 금을 사서 현금보유고를 줄여 환율을 낮추는 것처럼 미술품을 구입해서 비축해놓음 으로서 환율하락도 막고 나라의 문화적 국격도 높이는 그런 방법은 없을까요.  아무튼 부러운 200명의 이름을 확인해 보세요. 

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Who Will Bid $50 Million?

BY Milton Esterow POSTED 07/09/13

The top ten collectors on the 2013 ARTnews 200

When Henry Clay Frick bought Velázquez’s Portrait of Philip IV in 1911 for $475,000, he learned that the king had paid Velázquez about $600 for the painting. Frick calculated the compound interest at six percent on $600 from 1644 to 1911 and concluded that the price the king had paid for the portrait would work out, three centuries later, to 3,233,020,000 francs, according to the late Maurice Rheims, a Paris collector and auctioneer.

The king had made a poor investment, and Frick was “betraying the secret preoccupation of many collectors, which is to ensure that a work of art is as good an investment as it is attractive to look at,” Rheims wrote.

Whatever their secret preoccupations, new collectors continue to emerge throughout the world and are entering the art market at the highest level.

Seventeen collectors are new to the 2013 ARTnews 200 and one is new to the Top Ten, our lists of the most active collectors. They come from Russia, Brazil, China, Japan, England, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, and the United States.

This is our 23rd year publishing the lists. Our correspondents interviewed dealers, auctioneers, collectors, museum directors, curators, and consultants in many countries.

Top-Ten-2013

According to Forbes magazine, there are 1,426 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $5.4 trillion. The United States leads the list with 442 billionaires, followed by Asia-Pacific (386).

One art-world observer of billionaires told me recently, “You know the difference between them and us? For us, it’s money. For them it’s a wire transfer.”

I asked several art experts how many billionaires are prepared to spend, for example, $20 million on a work of art.

“Over 200,” said Marc Blondeau, who heads Blondeau & Cie, a Geneva gallery specializing in 19th- and 20th-century art. How many would go over $50 million? “About 100.”

Charles Moffett, executive vice president and vice chairman of Sotheby’s worldwide Impressionist, modern, and contemporary art department: “I’d say the figure for those going over $20 million is about 150. There are about 100 who would go over $50 million.” Last year Sotheby’s sold 13 works of art for over $20 million. Christie’s sold 20.

David Nash of the Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery in New York, which deals in contemporary and modern art, believes that there are about 200 very rich collectors who would shell out $20 million or more on one artwork. “As to $50 million on one work, well, $50 million isn’t what it used to be, but I’d say between 50 and 100,” he said.

Nash is now working with Walter Feilchenfeldt, a Zurich art dealer, and Jayne Warman, an art historian, on updating the 1996 catalogue raisonné of Cézanne paintings. The work was compiled by the late scholar and teacher John Rewald in collaboration with Feilchenfeldt and Warman.

In 2011, one of Cézanne’s Card Players series was sold for $250 million to the royal family of Qatar.

Warman said that in 1895, when Cézanne was virtually unknown, Ambroise Vollard, who was Cézanne’s dealer, sold a small Cézanne painting, Bather with Outstretched Arms, to Degas. The price was said to be $40.

At the same time, one observer wrote, Julien Tanguy, a Paris dealer in art supplies and art, sold small paintings by Cézanne for $8 but had trouble finding buyers.

200대 컬렉터 리스트

Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons

New York

Real estate

Contemporary art

Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova

Moscow

Steel, mining, investments, and professional soccer (Chelsea Football Club)

Modern and contemporary art

Ricard Akagawa

São Paulo, Brazil

Travel Agency

Latin American contemporary art

Paul Allen

Seattle

Computer software and sports franchises

Impressionism; Old Masters; modern and contemporary art

María Asunción Aramburuzabala

Mexico City

Beverages and investments

Modern and contemporary art

Hélène and Bernard Arnault

Paris

Luxury goods (LVMH)

Contemporary art

Laura and John Arnold

Houston

Hedge fund

Postwar and contemporary art

Hans Rasmus Astrup

Oslo

Shipping- and finance-related activities

Contemporary art

Maria Baibakova and Oleg Baybakov

Moscow; New York

Commodities Industry and real estate

Contemporary art

Cristina and Thomas W. Bechtler-Lanfranconi

Küsnacht, Switzerland

Investments and real estate

Contemporary art; photography

Maria and William Bell Jr.

Los Angeles

Television production

Modern and contemporary art

Yang Bin

Beijing

Car Dealer

Modern and contemporary Chinese art

Debra and Leon Black

New York

Investment banking

Old Masters; Impressionism; modern painting; Chinese sculpture; contemporary art

Len Blavatnik

New York; London

Investments (music industry, other companies)

Modern and contemporary art

Nelson Blitz Jr. and Catherine Woodard

New York and Rye, New York

HVAC mechanical contracting

German Expressionism; modern and contemporary art; Wiener Werkstätte metalwork and furniture

Neil G. Bluhm

Chicago

Real estate

Postwar and contemporary art

Christian Boros

Berlin

Advertising; communication; publishing

Contemporary art

Irma and Norman Braman

Miami Beach

Automobile dealerships

Modern and contemporary art

Udo Brandhorst

Munich

Insurance

Postwar and contemporary art

Peter M. Brant

Greenwich, Connecticut

Newsprint manufacturing

Contemporary art; design; furniture

Edythe L. and Eli Broad

Los Angeles

Financial services and housing development (retired)

Contemporary art

Bettina and Donald L. Bryant Jr.

New York; Napa and Indian Wells, California

Executive and employee benefits, wine making (Bryant Family Vineyard)

Old Masters; American masters of the second half of the 20th century; Abstract Expressionism, especially de Kooning

Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy

Colorado; Connecticut; New York

Inheritance (shopping malls) and commodities trading

Contemporary art

Frieder Burda

Baden-Baden, Germany

Publishing

Modern and contemporary art

Monique and Max Burger

Hong Kong

Investments

Post-1990s art

Joop van Caldenborgh

Wassenaar, the Netherlands

Chemical industry (Caldic)

Modern and contemporary art, especially Conceptual; photography; sculpture

Mickey Cartin

New York

Investments

Late medieval and Early Renaissance painting; 20th-century painting; emerging artists; illuminated manuscripts

Richard Chang

New York; Beijing

Investments

Contemporary art

Pierre Chen

Taipei, Taiwan

Electronics

Modern and contemporary art

Halit Cingillioglu

Istanbul

Banking

Impressionism; postwar, modern, and contemporary art

Ella Fontanals Cisneros 

Madrid; Gstaad, Switzerland

Investments, real estate, and telecommunications

Contemporary art, video, and photography, with an emphasis on architecture and historical geometric abstraction from Latin America

Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros

Caracas, Venezuela; Dominican Republic; New York

Media, entertainment, telecommunications, consumer products, and travel resorts

Modern and contemporary Latin American art; 19th-century traveler artists to Latin America; colonial art and objects from Latin America; Amazonian ethnographic objects

Alexandra and Steven A. Cohen

Greenwich, Connecticut

Hedge fund

Impressionism; modern and contemporary art

Cherryl and Frank Cohen

Cheshire, England

Home-improvement stores

Contemporary art; modern British art

Eduardo F. Costantini

Buenos Aires

Asset management and real estate

Modern and contemporary Latin American art

Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz

Key Biscayne, Florida

Coca-Cola bottling in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

Contemporary art

Dimitris Daskalopoulos

Athens

Financial services and investment company (Damma Holdings SA)

Contemporary art, especially large-scale installations; sculpture, drawings, collage, film, and video

Hélène and Michel Alexandre David-Weill

New York and Long Island, New York; Paris and Cap d’Antibes, France

Banking

17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century French painting

Philippe Decelle

Brussels

Construction

Plastic design, especially Pop furniture made between 1960 and 1973

Beth Rudin DeWoody

New York and Southampton, New York; West Palm Beach, Florida

Real estate

Modern and contemporary art

Robert and Renee Drake

Wassenaar, Netherlands

Commodities

Contemporary art

Glenn Dubin

New York

Asset Management

Modern and contemporary art

Barney Ebsworth

Seattle

Cruise ships and luxury travel (Intrav)

20th-century American art; Old Masters

Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson

Chicago; Aspen, Colorado

Plastics manufacturing (retired)

Postwar and contemporary art

Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth

Helsinki

Construction and Investments

Scandinavian, European, and American contemporary art

Caryl and Israel Englander

New York

Hedge fund

Contemporary art

Agnes and Karlheinz Essl

Vienna and Klosterneuburg, Austria

Retail (bauMax)

Contemporary art, especially Austrian and German painting

Harald Falckenberg

Hamburg, Germany

Law practice and filling-station equipment

Contemporary German and American art

Frank J. Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta

Las Vegas

Casinos (Station Casinos) and professional fighting (Ultimate Fighting Championship)

Modern and contemporary art

Aaron I. Fleischman

Miami Beach

Law and investments

Modern and contemporary art

Maxine and Stuart Frankel

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Real estate

Minimalism; abstract art; ceramics; new media art

Amanda and Glenn R. Fuhrman

New York

Investments (MSD Capital)

Contemporary art

Soichiro Fukutake

Okayama, Japan

Publishing

Impressionism; contemporary art

Antoine de Galbert

Paris

Inheritance

Primitive art; contemporary art

Danielle and David Ganek

New York

Family office and novelist

Contemporary art; photography

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis

Regensburg, Germany

Inheritance and investments

Contemporary art

Ingvild Goetz

Munich

Inheritance (mail-order retail)

Contemporary art

Noam Gottesman

New York

Hedge fund

Postwar and contemporary art

Laurence Graff

Gstaad, Switzerland

Jewelry

Modern and contemporary art

Grässlin family

Saint Georgen, Germany

Manufacturing

Contemporary art, especially German, Austrian, and American

Esther Grether

Basel, Switzerland

Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics distribution

Modern and contemporary art

Anne and Kenneth C. Griffin

Chicago

Hedge fund

Post-Impressionism

Florence and Daniel Guerlain

Paris

Inheritance (perfume)

Contemporary art, especially drawing

Agnes Gund

New York; Peninsula, Ohio; Kent, Connecticut

Inheritance

Modern and contemporary art

Nathalie and Charles de Gunzburg

New York

Investments

Postwar and contemporary art

Francesca von Habsburg

Vienna

Inheritance

Contemporary art

Mania and Bernhard Hahnloser

Bern, Switzerland

Inheritance, government

Post-Impressionism; Surrealism; contemporary art

Margrit and Paul Hahnloser

Zurich

Inheritance, surgeon

Post-Impressionism; contemporary art

Christine and Andrew Hall

Westport, Connecticut

Commodities trading

Contemporary art, especially German

Diane and Bruce Halle

Arizona

Tires (discount tire company)

Latin American art; contemporary sculpture

Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Inheritance

Old Masters

Barbara and Axel Haubrok

Berlin

Consulting

Contemporary art, especially installations

Elizabeth and Richard Hedreen

Seattle

Real estate

Modern and contemporary art

Ydessa Hendeles

Toronto

Investments

Contemporary art; photography

Annick and Anton Herbert

Ghent, Belgium

Textile machinery

Conceptual art, Minimalism, arte povera, and 1980s art

Ronald Hess

Liebefeld-Bern, Switzerland

Vineyards and properties

International contemporary art

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

New York

Investment banking

Postwar and contemporary art; Renaissance bronzes

Damien Hirst

London and Devon, England; Mexico

Artist

Modern and contemporary art

Erika Hoffmann

Berlin

Fashion and real estate

Contemporary art

Susan and Michael Hort

New York; New Jersey

Printing

Contemporary art

Alan Howard

London

Hedge Fund

Impressionist and modern art

Frank Huang

Taipei, Taiwan

Computer hardware

Chinese porcelain; Impressionist and modern painting

Dakis Joannou

Athens

Construction

Contemporary art

Edward “Ned” Johnson III

Boston

Finance (Fidelity Investments)

19th- and 20th-century American painting, furniture, and decorative arts; Asian art and ceramics

Nasser David Khalili

London

Real estate and investments

Islamic art; Japanese art of the Meiji period; Swedish textiles; Spanish damascened metalwork; enamels of the world

Kim Chang-Il

Cheonan, South Korea

Property development, retail, and transportation

Contemporary art

Alison and Peter W. Klein

Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany

Real estate (Peter Klein Real Estate)

Contemporary painting and photography; Aboriginal art

Jeanne and Michael L. Klein

Austin, Texas; Santa Fe

Oil and gas exploration and production

Postwar and contemporary art

Uli Knecht

Stuttgart, Germany

Fashion design and retail

Contemporary art, especially Pop and German art

Alicia Koplowitz

Madrid

Real estate and investments

Old Masters; modern art

Jill and Peter Kraus

New York and Dutchess County, New York

Investment management

Contemporary art

Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis

New York; Vail, Colorado

Finance and investments

Modern and contemporary art; French furniture

Pierre Lagrange

London

Hedge fund

Postwar and contemporary art

Barbara and Jon Landau

New York

Entertainment

Renaissance painting and sculpture; 19th-century French and English painting

Emily Fisher Landau

New York; Palm Beach, Florida

Real estate

Contemporary American art

Steven and Michael Latner

Toronto

Real estate

Modern and contemporary art

Joseph Lau

Hong Kong

Real estate

Modern and contemporary art, especially Warhol

Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder

New York and Wainscott, New York; Washington, D.C.; Palm Beach, Florida; Paris

Cosmetics (the EstÉe Lauder companies inc.)

Late-19th- and early-20th-century art, especially German and Austrian; decorative art; medieval art; arms and armor

Barbara Lee

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Investments

Contemporary art by women

Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum

New York and East Hampton, New York; Lincoln, Massachusetts; Palm Beach, Florida

Investment banking

Modern and contemporary art; photography

Liz and Eric Lefkofsky

Glencoe, Illinois

Venture investments

Contemporary art

Barbara and Aaron Levine

Washington, D.C.

Law practice

Conceptual art

Joe Lewis

Nassau, the Bahamas

Finance, investments, and currency trading

Modern art

Mimi and Filiep Libeert

Kortrijk, Belgium

Textiles

Contemporary art

Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei

Shanghai

Investments

Ancient and contemporary Chinese art

Margaret Munzer Loeb and Daniel S. Loeb

New York and East Hampton, New York

Hedge fund

Postwar and contemporary art; feminist art

Eugenio López Alonso

Mexico City; Los Angeles

Beverages (Jumex)

Contemporary art

Ninah and Michael Lynne

New York; Miami

Film production (Unique Features)

Contemporary art

Susan and John Magnier

County Tipperary, Ireland; Geneva; Marbella, Spain; Barbados

Horse breeding and investments

18th-century British painting; 20th-century Irish art; equestrian art; modern art

Nancy and Robert Magoon

Aspen, Colorado

Medical practice and real estate

Contemporary art

Sherry and Joel Mallin

New York and Pound Ridge, New York

Investments

Modern and contemporary art, especially sculpture

Maurice Marciano

Beverly Hills

Apparel (Guess)

Contemporary art

Martin Z. Margulies

Key Biscayne, Florida

Real-estate development

Modern and contemporary art

Donald B. Marron

New York

Private equity

Modern and contemporary art

David Martinez

London; New York

Investment management (Fintech Advisory)

Modern and contemporary art

Susan and Larry Marx

Aspen, Colorado; Marina del Rey, California

Investments and real estate (retired)

Postwar and contemporary art, especially Abstract Expressionism and works on paper