Pierre Chen
Pierre Chen collects post-war and contemporary Western and East Asian art, held through the Yageo Foundation. He bought his first sculpture, by Cheung Yee, while at university and began acquiring Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and Gerhard Richter in the mid-1980s. His holdings include ten works by Richter and two by Francis Bacon, according to The Art Newspaper.
Artists named in the collection
Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Peter Doig, Marc Quinn, Yayoi Kusama, Antony Gormley, Marlene Dumas, Maurizio Cattelan
On record
- In 2003 he bought Bacon's 1969 triptych of Lucian Freud for US$3.8 million.
- Works from the Yageo Foundation collection were shown in Hiroshima in 2015.
- He has outlined a plan for a foundation venue and sculpture garden in the mountains near Taipei, with no opening date given.
Questions
What does Pierre Chen collect?Pierre Chen collects post-war and contemporary Western and East Asian art, held through the Yageo Foundation. He bought his first sculpture, by Cheung Yee, while at university and began acquiring Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and Gerhard Richter in the mid-1980s. His holdings include ten works by Richter and two by Francis Bacon, according to The Art Newspaper.
Which artists are in the Pierre Chen collection?Cited sources name works by Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter, Francis Bacon, Peter Doig, Marc Quinn, Yayoi Kusama.
Sources
- Taiwanese mega-collector Pierre Chen outlines plan for foundation space near Taipei, The Art Newspaper, 2019
- At home with business leader and art collector Pierre Chen, Christie's
- Asia's 50 Biggest Art Collectors: 2019 Edition, Tatler Asia, 2019
Last verified 2026-10-31.
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