The Game is Afoot
Always a mainstay of the art world, private collectors have been especially active of late, and engaged in a riveting game of one-upmanship, subconscious though it may be.
The husband-and-wife founders of Gap recently revealed plans to open a museum in San Francisco for their modern art collection.
The French mogul François Pinault continues to steamroll his way toward turning Venice’s Punta della Dogana (the city’s old customs house) into a contemporary museum all his own. He plans to open the museum in time to complement, or more likely compete with, the 2009 Venice Biennale. (more…)
