Collectors - traditionally mythical creatures of the art world that from time to time can be glimpsed at during private views, or to be more precise at VIP previews of Frieze, Basel, Tefaf and a handful of other fairs and biennales. In the 21st century, collectors are turning into mere mortals as they join the rest of us Instagram. Get your phones out and start following these gals and guys.
This is the 2nd part of an 8 part series.
Sibylle Rochat
United Kingdom
Investor and Director of Private Sales at Paddle8, London
Tag name: @sibylle.rochat
Shohidul Ahad-Choudhury
United Arab Emirates
CEO North Star Holdings, CEO and Founder Thorium Tech Investments, and CEO and Founder of ArteVue App
Tag name: @shoski007
Wendi Deng Murdoch
United States
Businesswoman, actress and movie producer, former wife of Rupert Murdoch.
Tag name: @wendimurdoch
Yvonne Force Villareal
United States
Co-founder of Art Production Fund, which commissioned public works by artists such as Ugo Rondinone, Hanna Liden or Yoko Ono.
Tag name: @yvonneforce
Chong Zhou
China
Art History graduate from UCLA, restaurant owner, second-generation collector.
Tag name: @chong_zhoush
Michal Borowik
Poland
The Borowik Collection was ranked as one of the “fifty most interesting collections assembled by people under fifty” in American magazine Modern Painters.
Tag name: @michalborowik
Lio Malca
United States
Hotel owner and founder of the first private exhibition space “La Nave Salinas” on Ibiza
Tag name: @liomalca
Ella Cisneros
United States
“Queen of Miami’s Art Scene”, Founder of Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, owns over 3000 artworks.
Tag name: @ellafontanals
Luca Timpani
Italy
Lawyer specializing in copyright and protection of intellectual property in Rome, collector of emerging artists
Tag name: @concettotimpani
Claus Busch Risvig
Denmark
Curator, community Manager at ARTLAND App and Copenhagen-based collector of abstract art.
Tag name: @buschrisvig