Budi Tek
Budi Tek collected Chinese contemporary art and large-scale international installations, building a holding of more than 1,500 works. His Yuz Foundation, set up in 2007, runs the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, which occupies a converted hangar from the former Longhua Airport. He died in March 2022, and the museum continued its program under the foundation.
Artists named in the collection
Maurizio Cattelan, Fred Sandback, Anselm Kiefer, Adel Abdessemed, Random International
On record
- An earlier Yuz Museum operated in Jakarta from 2008 to 2014.
- Sou Fujimoto converted the Longhua Airport hangar into the Shanghai museum's main hall.
- Yuz formed a strategic partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2018, and Qatar Museums joined in 2019.
- He acquired the Asia rights to Random International's Rain Room.
Institutional roles
- Founder, Yuz Foundation
Questions
What does Budi Tek collect?Budi Tek collected Chinese contemporary art and large-scale international installations, building a holding of more than 1,500 works. His Yuz Foundation, set up in 2007, runs the Yuz Museum in Shanghai, which occupies a converted hangar from the former Longhua Airport. He died in March 2022, and the museum continued its program under the foundation.
Which artists are in the Budi Tek collection?Cited sources name works by Maurizio Cattelan, Fred Sandback, Anselm Kiefer, Adel Abdessemed, Random International.
Can the public see the collection of Budi Tek?Yes. Works are shown at Yuz Museum in Shanghai, China.
Sources
- Budi Tek, art collector, museum founder and tireless champion of Chinese art, has died aged 65, The Art Newspaper, 2022
- Budi Tek, Wikipedia
- Asia's 50 Biggest Art Collectors: 2019 Edition, Tatler Asia, 2019
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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