In Case You Missed It... Art People as you Have Never Heard Them

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

Art People as you Have Never Heard Them

Francesca von Habsburg

Francesca von Habsburg, Patron of Gigantic Contemporary Art Projects

There are a few of this type in the world, very few, who devote part of their obviously substantial assets to contemporary art. Women of a rather warrior type who are independent and, above all, motivated by a precise vision. In France, Maja Hoffman comes to mind: The Swiss-born joint heir to the Roche laboratories fortune spent her youth in Arles and has a colossal project in the capital of the Camargue in her sights, a foundation called Luma, whose architect is Frank Gehry. In Austria, another woman is at work in contemporary art: Francesca von Habsburg. The name sounds familiar? That’s normal: She’s the spouse of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. She has a remarkable maiden name herself, for her father is the famous Hans Thyssen Bornemisza, who made a mark not only with his elevator empire, among others, but also with his collection, exhibited in the eponymous Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.

Adrian Cheng

Adrian Cheng wants a Kunsthalle for Beijing

In a very short amount of time, Hong Kong businessman Adrian Cheng, 36, has become a ubiquitous character in the globalized art world. In the space of two years, he’s emerged as an important funder for New York’s Metropolitan Museum, where he financed an education program for an exhibition about Chinese art, as well as for London’s Institute for Contemporary Art and the Pompidou Center and Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Cheng has also collaborated with the Musée Marmottan–Claude Monet in Paris to organize an exhibition of the Impressionist painter’s works in Shanghai, while in November, he’s helping organize an exhibition about Savador Dalí and the Surrealist legacy in conjunction with the Dalí Foundation.

Marina Picasso

Marina Picasso: “Being Picasso’s Granddaughter Isn’t a Career.”

Marina Picasso is one of the heirs of the overabundant estate of Pablo Picasso, the person people call “the greatest painter of the 20th century.” On the occasion of Sotheby’s London February 5th sale of 186 works from her grandfather’s estate—mostly drawings estimated to fetch a total of 8 to 11 million euros—she talks about her inheritance, its management and her relationship with her family.

Michael Peppiatt

On How To Become Francis Bacon’s Friend

Renowned historian and curator Michael Peppiatt saw his life change one day in 1963 when, by sheer coincidence, someone advised he meet the painter Francis Bacon. From then on a friendship ensued, with its ups and downs, in collaboration and fascination.

Peppiatt has written several books on the subject, including Francis Bacon in Your Blood, A Memoir, published by Bloomsbury Circus in 2015. On Thursday, February 11, he is offering Two Figures, 1975, a canvas his friend had given him, for sale at Christie’s London.

Michael Peppiatt remembers the circumstance in which he met Francis Bacon, a story he tells here.

Uli Sigg

Uli Sigg: the collector who ‘made’ Ai Weiwei

There once was a Swiss businessman who became the world’s biggest collector of Chinese art before giving almost all of it away to a Hong Kong museum

This is the remarkable story of Uli Sigg, the famous art world personality, as told in a new documentary by German filmmaker Michael Schindhelm, ‘The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg’.

Simon de Pury

Simon de Pury, the Pop auctioneer divulges (parts of) his life

Have you heard the one about the former chairman of Sotheby’s Europe who loved electronic music so much that he took part to a video music?

Or the one-time chairman of Phillips who agreed to star in a reality TV showfor US channel Bravo?

What about the art advisor raised in Basel art who lives in London?

No, this is not the tale of many men but just one.

Doris and Don Fisher 1969

Donald Fisher, Gap and the American dream. Flashback on a legendary collection

This is the story of a man who in 1969 opened a store selling jeans and ended up with a ready-to-wear empire spanning 3,100 outlets across the globe.

It’s also the story of the simple son of a cabinet-maker from San Franciscowho accumulated a collection of international contemporary art awash withWarhols, Richters, Calders and Kiefers aplenty.

An unadulterated product of Californian culture, Donald Fisher was the celebrated Gap founder, and valiant saviour of the Giants baseball team, who entrusted his cherished artworks to San Francisco’s modern art museum,SFMOMA.

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