François Pinault

Pinault trounces Guggenheim in battle to control Customs House

The French billionaire has been awarded a 30-year lease on the historic site

Pinault refuses to collaborate with Guggenheim in Venice

City authorities insist on joint lease for the Customs House

Chapmans raise Hell for François Pinault: Recreating a work lost to flames

The original piece was destroyed in a disastrous 2004 warehouse fire

How François Pinault beat Sheikh Saud to a Jeff Koons flower sculpture

The Emir of Qatar, the Sheikh’s cousin, was also keen on acquiring the work

Pinault brings new life to Palazzo Grassi

French billionaire François Pinault finally reveals his art

Rising Japanese stars at bargain prices to be found at Geisai

François Pinault was a judge at the vast but inexpensive Geisai fair

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French collectors boost sales at FIAC

Billionaire François Pinault bought Chen Zhen and Pistoletto

François Pinault has abandoned plans to build a contemporary museum in Paris. Will his arch rival do it instead?

Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, has hired Canadian architect Frank Gehry to produce designs for a new museum

Mr Pinault’s director returns to the Walker

Philippe Vergne had been appointed director of François Pinault’s foundation for contemporary art

Loss of Pinault collection is “catastrophe” for Paris

A top museum director and a dealer react to the billionaire’s decision to show his contemporary art collection in Venice

Pinault sells Rauschenberg to MoMA for $30 million

French billionaire has recently sold works by Rothko, Warhol and Mondrian

Seen at ArtBasel: François Pinault

The French billionaire is the new owner of the Palazzo Grassi

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François Pinault to buy Palazzo Grassi

Sale to Guido Angelo Terruzzi has been abandoned

Pinault Foundation names its first director

Philippe Vergne is senior curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

Lifting the lid on François Pinault’s empire

A new book traces the entrepreneur's rise and potential fall

Will François Pinault’s museum on the Seine be built?

Following rumours that Pinault is struggling financially

Pinault pulls the plug on planned Paris museum

The French billionaire has ditched plans for a contemporary art museum on the Ile Seguin and has instead bought the Palazzo Grassi in Venice

François Pinault loses Egyptian antiquity case

Controversy over statue which dates from 1850-1720 BC

Christie’s is bought out by the French

François Pinault’s offer is a massive twenty-six times earnings