Celebrity Art Collectors – From Kylie to Madonna

Celebrity Art Collectors – From Kylie to Madonna

Having a celebrity purchase one of their artworks is a sure fire way for the value of an artist’s work to skyrocket so keeping an eye on what artist’s celebrities are purchasing works by is definitely worth while. Over the years I have received heaps of notifications and tips on purchases of art by celebrities so I thought that I would go through my archives and make a list of some of the celebrities and the artist’s whose work they have purchased. This is by no means an exhaustive list but should give you an idea of the extent that celebrities are purchasing art.

Grant Hill – Elizabeth Catlett, Edward Jackson

Victoria Beckham – Damien Hirst

Charlton Heston – Andrew Wyeth

Steve Martin – Picasso, Edward Hopper, Willem de Kooning, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cy Twombly, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Picasso, Franz Kline

Steven Spielberg – Norman Rockwell

Elton John – Damien Hirst, Diane Arbus, Lucas Samaras, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Berenice Abbott, Man Ray, Helmut Newton and Alfred Stieglitz. Sam Taylor-Wood, Picasso, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Matisse

Jack Nicholson – Jack Vettriano

Robbie Coltrane – Jack Vettriano

Tim Rice – Jack Vettriano

Gianni Versace – Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Madonna – Frida Kahlo, Damien Hirst, Ferdinand Leger, Tamara de Lempicka and Picasso

Andrew Lloyd Webber – Pre-Raphaelites

Jane Fonda – Andy Warhol

Hugh Grant – Andy Warhol

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – Banksy

Marc Jacobs – Mike Kelly, Karen Kilimnik, John Currins, Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince

Kevin Spacey – Jason Benjamin

Elizabeth Taylor – Van Gogh

Lionel Ritchie – Sidney Nolan

Eric Clapton – Carlos Rolon, Lee Quinones

David Bowie – Balthus, Rubens, Tintoretto, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Spencer

Robbie Williams – Andy Warhol

Kylie Minogue – Tim Noble and Sue Webster

Tommy Steele – L. S. Lowry, Pre-Raphaelites

The Galaghers – Peter Blake

**Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.

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