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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jessica Lack

Frieze art fair: The celebrity buyers and browsers

Frieze browsers & buyers: Tracey Emin, artist
Tracey Emin, artist
Dream possession: "Vermeer's The Love Letter."
Biggest spend: "$15,000 on a Jenny Holzer."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate galleries
Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate
Dream possession: "One of the late unfinished Mondrians."
Biggest spend: "For the Tate? No limit."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Corey Kennedy, model
Corey Kennedy, model
Dream possession: "A Picasso, probably Girl Before A Mirror."
Biggest spend: "I'm young so I haven't spent much on art. I'm just a 'zine fiend so I'm planning on spending a lot on magazines."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: David Adjaye, architect
David Adjaye, architect
Dream possession: "One of Joseph Albers' large works."
Biggest spend: "I would spend anything on something I loved."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Martin Creed, artist
Martin Creed, artist
Dream possession: "Jeff Koons's Puppy. I don't have a garden so I'd keep it in a massive windowbox." Biggest spend: "£500 on a painting by Celia Hempton."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Margaret Hodge, culture minister
Margaret Hodge, culture minister
Dream possession: "Some frescoes from a Franciscan monastery in Florence, or Martin Creed's dance piece, re-enacted in my living room."
Biggest spend:
"£6,000 on a Gillian Ayres painting."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Alice Rawsthorn design critic
Alice Rawsthorn, design critic
Dream possession: "A Piero della Francesca but that’s fantasy. I would be happy to settle for a Gerhard Richter portrait"
The most I have spent on a work of art: "£3,000. I was a picture by Wolfgang Tillmans, I bought it just before he won the Turner Prize".
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Isaac Julien, artist
Isaac Julien, artist
Dream possession: "Oh, that is such a difficult question. There is so much I'd like, but Mike Kelley's Kandoor 15, 2007."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Tim Marlow, broadcaster
Tim Marlow, broadcaster and curator
Dream possession: "Courbet's The Origin of the World."
Biggest spend: "Far more than I could afford."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Ed Vaizey, shadow minister for culture
Ed Vaizey, shadow minister for culture
Dream possession: "A David Hockney."
Biggest spend: "£1,000 on a Sam Taylor-Wood photograph."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Goshka Macuga, artist
Goshka Macuga, artist and Turner 2008 nominee
Dream possession: "The Mona Lisa."
Biggest spend: "I don't buy art; I exchange art with other artists."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Bob and Roberta Smith (Patrick Brill), artist
Bob and Roberta Smith, artist
Dream possession: "The Snail by Henri Matisse"
Biggest spend: "£3,000 on a Lucia Norgueira drawing. She died recently and was a good friend."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Frieze browsers & buyers: Johnny Borrell, Razorlight singer
Johnny Borrell, Razorlight singer
Dream possession: "A Kandinsky - that one with the riders."
Biggest spend: "Depends on the art. Unlimited."
Photograph: Graeme Robertson
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