Sign of the times as collector turns his back on Turner

THE changing tastes of collectors and the great 21st century art boom have been widely reported in recent times. And a timely case in point arrives with the news that the Belgian collector and food magnate Baron Guy Ullens has chosen to sell his collection of 14 Turner watercolours to focus his collecting energies and resources on Chinese Contemporary art.

Sotheby's already expect the Ullens collection, assembled during a period of determined acquisition …

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