Global Collectors: Collectionneurs Du Monde

Who are today’s art collectors? What are their motivations? They are sometimes said to be mercantile, ambitious, compulsive, sometimes passionate, connoisseurs, philanthropists. They are admired, courted, feared. The truth is that we know little about them. What do we really know about the spark that one day made them launch into this endless enterprise that is collecting? Journalist Judith Benhamou‑Huet went to meet them, from China to Brazil, from Russia to Canada. She thus conducted numerous interviews with the main players in the sector: men and women with the most diverse profiles and motives, with the only thing in common their insatiable appetite for art. The result is 115 sincere portraits, offering a true panorama of the collection at the start of the 21st century.