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Michael Ringier is CEO of the Last year Bruce Nauman was the
largest publishing company in top-ranked artist on this list, primarily
Switzerland, Ringier AG. Ringier because he is such a powerful
inherited the family-owned company influence on artists working today
in 1990, and the company has since that he doesn’t have to do anything
exploded, encompassing television to stay on top. That fact hasn’t
shows alongside magazines and changed; this year he’s dropped
newspapers across a number of – mainly as a result of the activity of
European and Asian countries. others. Still, 2007 has been far from
The company is also one of the quiet on the Nauman front. During
most active corporate collectors the last 12 months the New Mexico
of contemporary art, in the league resident has had major exhibitions at
of UBS and Deutsche Bank, with NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft,
a collection which includes work Dusseldorf, the Musée d’art
by John Baldessari, Jeff Wall and contemporain de Montreal, work
Urs Fischer, among others. Being
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in both the Venice Biennale and
a media company, Ringier AG Skulptur Projekte Münster, while A
knows how to package printed Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in
matter; which is why the company’s
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the 1960s has toured the University
annual reports are made as artworks of California, Berkeley, Art Museum,
themselves by renowned artists such Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte
as Liam Gillick, Richard Prince and Contemporanea in Turin and the
Aleksandra Mir. Spearheading these
Michael Ringier Bruce Nauman
Menil Collection in Texas.
projects is Beatrix Ruf, curator of Category: Collector Category: Artist
the collection and director of the Nationality: Swiss Nationality: American
Kunsthalle Zurich. Last Year: 78 Last Year: 9
Over the last 12 months Andreas Jeffrey Deitch has an experienced
Gursky, the most prominent of the nose for the young hot centre of
Becher school of photographers, the art scene. The gallerist and art
has had a solo exhibition at the advisor has long been involved
Haus der Kunst in Munich and sell- with the careers of such urban art
out shows at New York’s Matthew luminaries as Keith Haring and
Marks Gallery and London’s White Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose
Cube and Sprüth Magers, where estates he exclusively handles. His
he showed new works documenting stable of artists at Deitch Projects
North Korea’s Arirang Festival and reflects an investment in those
Formula 1 pit crews. His auction
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who’ve transcended the dizzying
turnover in 2006 was $10,106,401, the lights of the first hit to become
highest of any photographer, living established names: Mariko Mori
or dead. And in March this year his or Barry McGee, for example.
99 Cent II Diptych (2001) was sold Deitch’s name is synonymous with
at Sotheby’s London for $3,346,456, giddy, big-fun events, like his Art
a new record for a photograph sold Parade in New York every autumn,
at auction. Clearly the techno-
Andreas Gursky Jeffrey Deitch
yet in the world of art and finance
loving German continues to lead Category: Artist Category: Gallerist his pedigree is exceptional, having
ullan (54)
the way in defining the market for Nationality: German Nationality: American been Vice President of Citibank
cM
contemporary art photography. Last Year: 22 Last Year: 40 where he managed art finance
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and advisory, before opening his
own art advisory firm in 1988. As a
e (53), P
curator his career highlights include
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the ambitious show Post Human in
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1992. His current curatorial project
for the DESTE Foundation is
ayton (52), T
Fractured Figure, which opened this
udy D
September, confirming that Deitch’s
feel for the contemporary moment
is far from on the wane: assume vivid
astro focus, David Altmejd, John
ominic Büttner (51), J
Bock and Urs Fischer are all on the
photos: D
long roster of happening artists.
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