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Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel hedge fund, discusses his extensive art collection which includes high-value pieces like Abstract Expressionist paintings and a Leonardo da Vinci Madonna and Child worth millions. Recently, he has become more public about his collecting activities, lending a rare da Vinci painting to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this spring and showing 10 works by Jean-Michel Basquiat at Miami’s Pérez Art Museum following his move to Florida in 2022. Griffin emphasizes his focus on aesthetic appeal over institutional criteria when acquiring art for personal enjoyment and public education.
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Ken Griffin, CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, is one of the world's most avid art collectors and recently shifted to being more public about his acquisitions. Over two decades, he has amassed a collection including high-value Abstract Expressionist paintings, rare historical documents, and even a Madonna and Child attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Previously anonymous in lending works to museums, Griffin now facilitates scholarship and education by displaying these pieces more openly. This spring, he lent the da Vinci painting to the Met, doubling the number of Renaissance masterpieces on display in the U.S. Since his relocation from Chicago to Miami in 2022, Griffin has expanded support for Florida museums; an exhibition featuring 10 works by Jean-Michel Basquiat from his collection was shown at the Pérez Art Museum this summer. Additionally, he plans to place a Richard Serra sculpture, purchased earlier this year, on public display next to a museum in 2027.
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“My first love in art was the proverbial one that got away,” says Ken Griffin, the CEO of the hedge fund Citadel.
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Griffin → get → fund
In 1999, he lost out on a sculpture of a dancer by the French Impressionist Edgar Degas.
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he → lose → Impressionist
He has rarely let it happen again.
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it → let → ?
Over the past two decades, Griffin has emerged as one of the world’s most dogged, deep-pocketed collectors.
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Griffin → emerge → collectors
His treasures include Abstract Expressionist paintings worth nine figures, rare historical documents, and a Madonna and Child attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
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treasures → include → Vinci
While Griffin previously lent many of his most valuable works to museums anonymously, he has expanded and become more public about his activities over the past year, a shift he says is designed to facilitate scholarship and education as well as satisfy public curiosity.
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he → lend → curiosity
He loaned the da Vinci to the Met this spring, doubling the number of paintings by the Renaissance master on view in the U.S.
The billionaire has also expanded his support of Florida museums since his much-publicized relocation to Miami from Chicago in 2022.
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billionaire → loan → 2022
Over the summer, an exhibition of 10 works by Jean-Michel Basquiat from his collection went on view at the Pérez Art Museum in Griffin’s new hometown.
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exhibition → go → hometown
In 2027, he will place a Richard Serra sculpture he bought earlier this year on public display in a park next to the museum.
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he → place → museum
“It’s monumental, it's thought-provoking, and, bluntly, it's just fun,” Griffin says of the work.
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Griffin → ’ → work
“An institution has a different criteria to collect than I do as a private individual.
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I → have → individual
I place a huge importance on the aesthetic appeal of a work.
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I → place → work
Does this work visually make me happy?”
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me → make → ?
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