The annual ARTnews collectors list is out, and there are no big surprises. Over half the major collectors featured are from the United States, followed by Germany, the UK, Switzerland and other Western European countries.

Most focus on contemporary and modern art, though Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Old Masters are also popular.

Jativa Master (also known as the Master of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin), The Crucifixion, late 1400’s
oil on panel lined with fabric. Gift of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum to the AGO, 1995

Four Canadians make the list:

Toronto’s Ydessa Hendeles, collecting contemporary art and photography

Montreal’s Blema and Arnold Steinberg, collecting modern and contemporary art

Toby and Joey Tanenbaum, also from Toronto, collecting African and naive art

and Toronto’s David Thomson, who collects Old Masters as well as modern and contemporary art

Read the full list HERE.