This is an interesting little list from the Financial Times. They have been able to “rate” the top 100 “power players” in international art – evidently they do this every year. See the whole story here. Whether you believe the list or not it makes for curious reading… I’ve included it because everyone loves lists.
(Last year’s ranking is indicated in brackets)
1 (78) Damien Hirst – artist
2 (1) Larry Gagosian – dealer/gallerist
3 (13) Francois Pinault – owner of Christie’s /collector
4 (3) Nicholas Serota – museum director
5 (2) Glenn D Lowry – museum director
6 (22) Eli Broad – collector/philanthropist
7 (5) Sam Keller art fair director – Art Basel, in Basel and Miami
8 (11) Iwan Wirth – dealer/gallerist, Hauser and Wirth
9 NEW Bruce Nauman – artist
10 (34) David Zwirner – dealer/gallerist
11 NEW Herzog and de Meuron – architects
12 (8) Ronald Lauder – collector/philanthropist
13 (23) Richard Serra – artist
14 (15) Marian Goodman – dealer/gallerist
15 (6) Dakis Joannou – collector
16 NEW Brett Gorvy and Amy Cappellazzo – both work at Christie’s
17 NEW Thomas Krens and Lisa Dennison – museum directors
18 (21) Marc Glimcher – dealer/gallerist, Pace in New York
19 (17) Charles Saatchi – collector
20 (41) Neo Rauch – artist
21 NEW Bernard Arnault – collector/owner of LVMH
22 NEW Richard Prince – artist
23 (19) Leonard Lauder – collector/philanthropist
24 NEW Steve Cohen – collector
25 (12) Gerhard Richter – artist
26 NEW Tobias Meyer – top contemporary person at Sotheby’s
27 (27) The Konig family – German family who run art bookstores and museums
28 (10) Takashi Murakami – artist
29 (31) Maja Oeri – collector and money behind Schaulager in Basel
30 (26) Nicholas Logsdail – dealer/gallerist Lisson in London
31 (49) Jay Jopling – dealer/gallerist, White Cube in London
32 (36) Barbara Gladstone – dealer/gallerist
33 (32) Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, art fair directors of Frieze in London
34 NEW Jeff Wall – artist
35 NEW Renzo Piano – architect
36 (77) Simon de Pury and Michael McGinnis – at auctioneers Phillips de Pury and Co
37 NEW Paul McCarthy – artist
38 (41) Gerd Lybke – dealer/gallerist Eigen + Art in Berlin
39 (45) Ed Ruscha – artist
40 (25) Peter Brant – collector
41 (40) Don and Mera Rubell – Miami collectors
42 (94) John Baldessari – artist
43 (44) Paul Schimmel – chief curator at LAMOCA
44 NEW Robert Mnuchin and Dominique Levy – dealer/galleris, L&M; in New York
45 NEW Marlene Dumas – artist
46 (46) Matthew Marks dealer/gallerist and art fair director – Armory in NYC
47 (24) Adam Weinberg museum director – the Whitney in New York
48 (38) Sadie Coles – dealer/gallerist
49 (14) Rem Koolhaas – architect
50 (57) Victoria Miro – dealer/gallerist
51 (88) Alfred Pacquement – museum director, Pompidou Centre in Paris
52 NEW Peter Doig – artist
53 NEW The Mugrabis family – collectors
54 NEW Anselm Kiefer – artist
55 (55) Lurhing and Augustine – dealer/gallerist in New York
56 (42) Max Hollein – museum director in Frankfurt
57 (47) Ingvild Goetz – collector in Germany
58 NEW Chris Ofili – artist
59 (68) Thelma Golden – museum director/curator in New York
60 NEW Philippe Vergne – chief curator at the Walker in the US
61 (59) William Acquavella – dealer/gallerist in New York
62 (18) Jeff Koons – artist
63 NEW Allan Schwartzmann – art advisor in New York
64 NEW Harald Falckenberg – German collector
65 NEW Phillipe Segalot – art advisor
66 (93) Gerhard Steidl – book publisher, Steidl
67 NEW Iwona Blazwick – museum director, Whitechapel in London
68 (75) Harry Blain and Graham Southern – dealer/gallerist, Haunch of Venison in London
69 NEW Howard Greenberg – dealer/gallerist in New York
70 (61) Max Hetzler – dealer/gallerist in Berlin
71 (72) Francesca von Hapsburg – collector, philanthropist, museum owner
72 (56) William Eggleston – artist
73 (9) Robert Storr – curator/academic
74 NEW Perry Rubinstein – dealer/gallerist in New York
75 (20) Zaha Hadid – architect
76 NEW Stefan Edlis – collector
77 NEW Alanna Heiss – museum director/curator, PS1 in New York
78 NEW Thaddeus Ropac – dealer/gallerist in Paris
79 NEW Ann Philbin – museum director, the Hammer in LA
80 (30) Daniel Buchholz – dealer/gallerist in Cologne
81 (81) Maureen Paley – dealer/gallerist in London
82 NEW Shaun Caley Regen – dealer/gallerist in LA
83 (50) De la Cruzes – collectors
84 (85) Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun – curators
85 NEW The Christos – artists
86 (86) Hans Ulrich Obrist – curator
87 (84) Spruth Magers – dealer/gallerist in Cologne and London
88 NEW Richard Schlagman – book publisher, Phaidon
89 (82) Miuccia Prada – collector
90 NEW Christopher van de Weghe – art advisor
91 NEW Frank Dunphy – business manager to top London artists
92 (90) The Cisneros – collectors/philanthropists
93 NEW James Lingwood and Michael Morris curators – Artangel in London
94 NEW Yvonne Force – art advisor
95 NEW Christian Boros – collector in Germany
96 (98) Harvey Shipley Miller and Andre Schlectreim – curators in New York
97 NEW Rachel Whiteread – artist
98 NEW The Essels – collectors
99 NEW Tadashi Kawamata – curator
100 NEW Sebastian Lopez – curator