THE 15 BIGGEST ART COLLECTORS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW

Honestly, apart from one or two genuine "art lovers" here, mostly it's based on social climbing, ego, and market speculation. Let's be honest, most self-made tycoons are entirely possessed by making a profit - and watching the monetary value of a painting increase is what really drives their thrill of collecting. There are plenty of extremely talented, struggling artists out there creating great work but they aren't represented by the top dealers - and none of these billionaires would ever buy anything from a "middle-market" gallery. So don't tell me its all about the "love of art"

Rich people buy the name not the art

With all this money being made, I wonder how much the artist actually makes?

I wish you make a video about the topic ( art and money laundering ) Does they relate somehow? Because money launderers need to convert their cash to assets that doesn’t go less in value in fact it increases

Awesome

The two Van Gogh paintings shown when discussing the Niarchos collection and Broad collection are not by Van Gogh. Kind of poor pastiches of Van Gogh. Which makes me wonder how many fakes do these people own? And how much insurance is covering the total of however many fakes?

David Geffen first became a millionaire in 1969 when the extraordinary New York singer/songwriter Laura Nyro sold her publishing to Columbia records and Geffen got his share as her manager. Nyro was Geffen's first artist under management. He could not have chosen any better. She was the hottest pop songwriter 1968 - 69. In November 1969 3 of her songs were on Billboard at 1, 2 and 10. She features heavily in the documentary Inventing David Geffen. She was aged only 21 in 1969.

I love Rubens blue

I think you forgot the Rothchild's

Back in the day I was fortunate to be a docent for a traveling show of early Christian art. The was a Rembrandt of Ester in her gold dress. I would just go and sit in front of it wondering how he made the gold dazzle. The collection revealed more about religious history/spin than I was aware of.

Very well put together and interesting. Thank you. Meanwhile I saw the exact same painting I did in 2016 hanging on the wall of Microsoft, so I guess it’s more valuable than I realized. Too bad I gave it away.

Geffen absolutely loves my art

Money and fame do not always equate to quality.

Wjat is the picture at 0:29?

money launderers?

I got some great artwork

Very nice video! But a lot of mistakes - Abramovich and Zhukova are not together for many years. Also there was a picture of Onassis when talking about Niarchos

The best artist Francis Bacon!!

The price of Liechtenstein has a very long head 😮 And the woman next to him too… Btw who is that? His wife?

I am going to be like you guys here in Jamaica and change the face of the Caribbean.