Art News Canvas: A Weblog By Saatchi Art
N argument might be made that Katz is as traditionally necessary as friends like David Hockney (whose auction record is $91 million) and Gerhard Richter (whose public sale document is $46.3 million)—and yet his market has lagged behind theirs. Ropac’s first show of Katz’s paintings in Paris within the early ’90s “was a total shock to many Europeans, including museum curators,” he stated. The Centre Pompidou, which held works by American peers like Jasper Johns however not one by Katz, purchased one. And the fever spread, as Ropac stated; eventually count he’d bought almost 50 pieces to European institutions, with the Albertina Museum in Vienna buying work by the artist in depth. The ARTnews Top 200 record is launched yearly and incorporates the top individual art collectors from all over the world based mostly on interviews with collectors, curators, sellers, auction houses, and museums. Those on the listing are also …
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