World's Number One Art Buyer

A publicity-shy American hedge fund manager from Connecticut, has emerged as the world's number 1 art buyer by the US magazine Art News. Steven A Cohen, 48, whose net worth is estimated at $2 billion has spent more than $300 million on art over the past five years. He has bought a rare drip painting by Jackson Pollock for $52 million, an Andy Warhol painting of Superman for $25 million and Damien Hirst's pickled shark. For the full story - click the title Irish Art