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but art critics who can express their The Swiss bank UBS have one the Museum of Modern Art in New
own opinions in a clear and concise of the most important corporate York and the Fondation Beyeler in
manner are rarer still. Beyond the collections in the world, with work Basel, which allow the bank to share
glitzy world of glossy magazines and from Jackson Pollock and Barnett its collection with the wider public.
awards, Saltz managed to maintain Newman through to Ed Ruscha, The policy, at least in the case of
his ongoing campaign for more Tracey Emin and Olafur Eliasson. Tate Modern, has raised concerns
equality between men and women In 2006 they entered into a three- about using publicly funded gallery
in the artworld (while gallantly year partnership with Tate Modern space to show a corporate collection,
admitting to ArtReview that his wife, in London, where, as part of the but the scheme does suggest that
Roberta Smith, was more equal than museum’s rehang, UBS will exhibit each museum will get at least some
him when it came to this list), to key parts of their collection in the of the works shown. UBS’s advisory
let off a broadside against what he London gallery. In 2006 Tate showed team includes Yoshiko Mori, who
calls ‘Biennial Culture’ and um… to the UBS photography collection, co-founded the Mori Art Museum
continue to bash the Guggenheim’s which includes iconic work such as in Japan, and the veteran curator
It’s been a year of change and plus Thomas Krens. Andreas Gursky’s photograph of a Jean-Christophe Ammann.
ça change for Thomas Krens-baiter convenience store, 99 Cent (1999),
Jerry Saltz (he’s the one on the left). and this past year showed its drawing
After nearly nine years as Senior Art collection (closing this month). The
Critic at the Village Voice he upped partnership follows on ones already
sticks and joined New York magazine, in place in other museums, such as
which, perhaps unsurprisingly, had
named him ‘The Most Influential
Art Critic’ in town. He was also
named a finalist for the Pulitzer
Prize in Criticism for the second
time and awarded the Frank Jewett
Mather Award for Art Criticism,
while Time Out New York dubbed
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him not only ‘Best Art Critic’ in New
York, but the ‘Best Critic’ in the
entire city. Critics who don’t dabble
Jerry Saltz UBS
in curating are rare on lists like this, Category: Critic Category: Bank
mainly because they are largely Nationality: American Nationality: Swiss
drowned out by the market’s ¥€$, Last Year: 57 Last Year: 49
Anytime you find yourself arguing making), it sold within an hour of the
for truth in national stereotypes,
Deutsche Bank and their corporate
collection policy is a good example
to have to hand. In their Frankfurt
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headquarters – two tall skyscrapers
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fair opening. Japanese artists aside,
the gallery’s Sam Durant show earlier
this year opened to positive critical
attention and this month’s Slater
Bradley show has been generating
– the German bank have devoted its own share of artworld buzz.
each floor to a German artist, in
descending order of their birth. As Deutsche Bank
Blum & Poe
you go down the lift, you go forward Category: Bank Category: Gallerists
in art history, from Beuys to Baselitz, Nationality: German Nationality: American
Becher to Nicolai. Germans, Last Year: 50 Last Year: New
eh? The British headquarters,
meanwhile, shows British artists primary sponsors of the Frieze Art Tim Blum and Jeff Poe have seen
alongside German ones – a Freud Fair since its inception, and have their gallery flourish in the 12 years
room, a Struth room, for example for nearly a decade collaborated since it was set up, and a new space
– and the US shows American artists with the Guggenheim to underwrite was inaugurated on the gallery’s
with their German counterparts. As its Berlin outpost, the Deutsche tenth birthday in 2004 on La
much as the size of their corporate Guggenheim Berlin. Cienega Boulevard, now a major
collection – which is overseen by destination in Los Angeles. Its
Alistair Hicks and comprises 50,000 owners combine street credibility
works of art (Deutsche Bank collect with serious selling nous and were
museum-scale pieces but much of responsible for putting a coterie of
this number is in works on paper) Japanese artists (including Takashi
– Deutsche Bank are known for Murakami, Yoshimoto Nara and
being active sponsors of exhibitions, Tatzu Nishi) on the artworld map
biennials and institutions. In this during the 1990s. The gallery’s
past year, they sponsored the relations with Murakami are tight:
German Pavilion at the Venice in 2006, the artist created 727–727
Biennale, where Isa Genzken for the gallery’s booth at Art Basel.
showed her installation Oil, as well One of only a few works the artist
as the Istanbul and inaugural Athens personally worked on (his studio
biennials. They have also been the normally takes care of the actual
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