Sentences with phrase «avid art collector»

Fred was a manufacturer and avid art collector of works on paper.

New media artist, philanthropist and avid art collector Dr. Ellen Sandor, 2014 Venice Biennale curator and Art Institute instructor Michelle Grabner and the new Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Manilow Senior Curator Omar Kholeif gave us their take on artists they are looking forward to watching this year.

Wynn recently entered into a contract to sell the painting to hedge fund mogul and avid art collector Steven Cohen for $ 139m.

Cohen is an avid art collector, and the home has a dedicated gallery to put his pieces on display.

He was also a playwright and an avid art collector.

He was an avid art collector and had a reputation as a penny pincher.

I closed my eyes and tried to picture the client to whom I was delivering the sculpture: Gabrielle Fonteneau, a Hai - tian American woman about my age, the star of a popular television series and an avid art collector.

To launch the Autograph Collection, Marriott has partnered with Kessler, a renowned hotelier and avid art collector, whose independent properties are widely regarded as inspiring and unique.

The late 1990s found Ann Korologos, an avid art collector and owner of Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt, a student of Anderson Ranch and eventually as a chairman of the board.

Q: I know you and your husband are avid art collectors.

Enjoy American Art through the lens of avid art collectors and generous donors, Jim and Fran McGlothlin.

David Roberts, Collector & Founder of the David Roberts Arts Foundation, an avid art collector who owns a collection encompassing more than 1600 works acquired in the last ten years by more than 300 British and international artists.

The museum's namesake, Dr. Harold F. Daum, a retired radiologist and avid art collector, gave life to the museum by donating his 300 - piece art collection and funds toward its construction.

Raised in a cultivated middle - class family in the small rural community of Watford, Hertfordshire, northwest of London, Mead's appreciation for art was nurtured at a young age by his grandmother, an avid art collector and raconteur.

Phinis Jones, a long - time ward 8 resident and avid art collector himself, originally intended to donate the space, which he owns, to exhibit his extensive art collection.

An avid art collector, Potter is also a Fine Art Commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills.

Papsidera, an award winning casting director, restaurateur and avid art collector, wanted to create an inviting, creative space to encourage emerging artists in a relaxed, unpretentious space.

The core of the Chrysler's collection comes from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who donated thousands of objects from his private collection to the Museum.

My grandfather was an Israeli diplomat and my grandmother an avid art collector.

The core of this collection was given to the Museum by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who donated thousands of objects from his private collection to the Museum in 1971.

Larry Clark may be one of the most influential American film makers and photographers with his intense depiction of drug and angst - induced youth, but the artist is also an avid art collector himself with a collection of hundreds of artworks he mostly maintains in his TriBeCa loft.

Another active bidder was London jeweler Laurence Graff, an avid art collector, who won Warhol's silver Elvis 2 Times (1963) for $ 15,721,000, according to observers in the room, as well as Jean - Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting of Sugar Ray Robinson for $ 7,321,000.

In 1972, he entered into a romantic relationship and then friendship with millionaire Sam Wagstaff, who was Mapplethorpe's patron as well as an avid arts collector.

Recording artist George Michael is also an avid art collector.

She once said that she became an artist because she wanted to seduce her father, who was an avid art collector.

I should note our good friend John Thomson, an avid art collector and former board member, with his Thomson Family Philanthropy underwrites the bi-monthly interview with museum directors called The Directors, and the philosopher Arthur Collins with his son, the painter Jacob Collins, advocate for the Morris and Alma Schapiro Foundation to underwrite the series of interviews with critics, art historians, and writers.

Anand is a member of The Hayward Gallery and an avid art collector.

Carl is also an avid art collector, and his interest in different media and discovering young talent is reflected in his exhibition programme.

As an avid art collector and founder of the Center for Figurative Painting, Henry Justin always had an appreciation for art.

Waters has authored several journalistic books, a recent memoir, and is an avid art collector.

«You can't imagine how complex it is putting together the seating charts for this dinner,» laughed Frances Bowes, an avid art collector and museum trustee who, with art patron Evie Haas, is chair of the prestigious Opening Celebrations Dinner.

Carl is also an avid art collector, and his interest in different media...

Crichton was an avid art collector and had Johns» notable painting Flag hanging in his bedroom for many years.

Their clients, avid art collectors, loved the concept of a living counterpart to their indoor paintings, and they were keen on succulents, which Lehrer had used with great success on green roofs around the city.

Wayne is also active with pro bono matters and civic associations associated with cultural and historic preservation and is an avid art collector of the drawings of the old and modern masters.

Choosing plans in Modesto will be different for everyone, depending on if they are avid art collectors, students, parents, senior citizens, or young families.

For example, if a resident is an avid art collector or is a DJ and has thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment stored in his or her home, then the comprehensive plan is the way to go.

The comprehensive plan, while most expensive, is very appealing and completely worth the extra money to people who are avid art collectors, for example, and own a multitude of very valuable items that could not be replaced after a natural disaster or theft.

A woman who needs no introduction, Madonna, pop superstar and avid art collector, has listed her Beverly Hills palace.

The farmhouse referred to here belongs to one of Viki's clients, an avid art collector, who enlisted the designer to transform a turn - of - the - century rural property into a picture - perfect retreat.