The most avid celebrity art collectors

The most avid celebrity art collectors - The art market is often considered the realm of the intellectual and elite social circles. While celebrities may not be a part of this high point of culture at first, there are many that use their money and fame to indulge in their love of the arts. Curious to find out which celebrities are passionate art collectors? Which works of art they own and why? Click on and find out.

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Leonardo DiCaprio - The actor's a true art lover and has an impressive collection of modern art adorning his walls. He's known to have bought works by Picasso, Basquiat, and even cartoonist Robert Crumb.

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Oprah Winfrey - The TV icon is mainly into American art, with a special focus on African-American artists. Her favorite work of art is said to be 'To the Highest Bidder' by Harry Roseland, which depicts a mother and a daughter about to be separated at a slave auction in pre-Civil War America.

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Kanye West - This art fan shouldn't come as a great surprise to anyone. Not only does he own art, he commissions artists to design his album covers, most famously George Condo for his 2010 album, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,' for which the artist designed several different covers.

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Lady Gaga - The innovative pop star owns works by contemporary artists Leigh Bowery and Francesco Vezzoli.

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David Bowie - The man was almost a living work of art himself. Bowie was an avid art collector, and owned works and paintings by artists as diverse as Rubens, Damien Hirst, and Henry Moore.

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Elton John - The veteran singer is a huge fan of photography, and owns works by 20th-century greats like Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, and American surrealist Man Ray.

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Kylie Jenner - The youngest self-made billionaire reportedly paid US$20,000 for a couple of works out of American plastic artist Beau Dunn's series of Barbie portraits.

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Beyoncé & Jay-Z - The couple once attended an event dressed as Frida Kahlo and Jean-Michel Basquiat respectively. So yeah, they love art. Some of Queen Bey's faves include Kara Walker and Ed Ruscha, while Jay-Z's into artists as diverse as Rembrandt and Jeff Koons.

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The Beckhams - Victoria Beckham is the first of a few fashion designers in this list with impressive art collections. Together with husband David Beckham, they own works by Banksy, and even commissioned a work by Damien Hirst for their only daughter's birthday.

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Madonna - Unsurprisingly the Queen of Pop is also a fierce lover of art. She's said to be particularly interested in female artists. She owns works by Frida Kahlo, Man Ray and Damien Hirst.

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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie -

The former power couple had an equally impressive art collection that included works by Banksy.

A gem in their collection has made history in the beginning of 2021. A rare Winston Churchill painting that the former British prime minister had gifted to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II was re-gifted from Brad Pitt to his then-partner Jolie in 2011. The couple split in 2016, and five years later the Jolie Family Collection decided to part ways with the sunset painting, called ‘Tower of Koutoubia Mosque.’

The actress put it up for auction and it quickly became the most expensive painting by Churchill to sell at auction, fetching nearly US$11.5 million after fees. It's uncertain if the value of the painting was increased by its star-studded history...

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Ed Sheeran - Didn't have the British singer down as an art collector? Think again. Though he doesn't have a huge art collection (yet), he did have his portrait painted by David Hockney and posted it on his Instagram.

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Ellen Degeners & Portia de Rossi - The couple are reported to be big players in the art scene, with de Rossi having quit acting to focus on her art publishing/reproduction company, General Public.

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Kris Jenner - Wondering where Kylie caught the art collecting bug? Look no further. Mom Kris owns a big and impressive art collection, including commissioned works by Beau Dunn.

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Tommy Hilfiger - Besides works by Basquiat and Damien Hirst, he reportedly owns a 12-ft (3.6 m) sculpture by Keith Haring.

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Tobey Maguire - The 'Spider-Man' actor is a regular at art fairs and auctions, and owns a painting by LA-based Japanese artist Kaz Oshiro.

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Mary-Kate Olsen - The Olsen twin reportedly owns original work by Andy Warhol.

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Steve Martin - The actor, comedian, and musician is also an art collector. He previously owned Willem de Kooning's painting 'Woman as Landscape,' which sold in 2020 at Christie's for almost US$70 million.

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Moby - The musician appreciates his art. His walls are adorned with original works from David Lynch, and he also owns a drawing by 'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening.

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Tom Ford - The fashion-designer-turned-movie-director loves his contemporary art, and owns works by Mark Bradford, Sam Taylor Wood, and Andy Warhol.

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Chris Martin - The Coldplay singer bought a work by Banksy during a Haiti fundraiser, eventually acquiring the piece for US$650,000.

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Cheech Marin - That's right, Cheech loves art. And he's pretty serious about it! He's actually the owner of a museum! The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture is a public-private partnership between Riverside Art Museum, the City of Riverside, and the comedian. He's also a frequent lender of artworks to different museums and galleries in the US.

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Barbra Streisand - The actress and singer is passionate about art and collecting art, owning various expensive works.

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Sofia Coppola - The accomplished director is also an avid art collector, owning mostly contemporary art.

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Marc Jacobs - The fashion designer owns works by Basquiat and Hockney, among others.

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Sean Combs - The rapper made a notable purchase in 2018 when he bought African-American artist Kerry James Marshall's 'Past Times' for US$21.1 million dollars, the highest-ever price paid for a work by a living African-American artist.

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John McEnroe - The tennis legend is said to have rubbed shoulders with the great Andy Warhol during his '80s tennis heyday, and actually opened an art gallery in New York.

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Pharrell Williams - Rapper and producer Pharrell Williams loves contemporary art, and owns works by Keith Haring and Takashi Murakami.

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Gianni Versace - The slain fashion designer had one of the most impressive art collections around before his brutal murder. He loved contemporary as well as turn-of-the-20th-century French artists like Degas and Matisse.

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Santigold -

The singer reportedly has an impressive and ever-growing art collection.

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