(Last year’s ranking is indicated in brackets)

1 (78) Damien Hirst - artist

2 (1) Larry Gagosian - dealer/gallerist

3 (13) Francois Pinault - owner of Christie’s /collector

4 (3) Nicholas Serota - museum director

5 (2) Glenn D Lowry - museum director

6 (22) Eli Broad - collector/philanthropist

7 (5) Sam Keller art fair director - Art Basel, in Basel and Miami

8 (11) Iwan Wirth - dealer/gallerist, Hauser and Wirth

9 NEW Bruce Nauman - artist

10 (34) David Zwirner - dealer/gallerist

11 NEW Herzog and de Meuron - architects

12 (8) Ronald Lauder - collector/philanthropist

13 (23) Richard Serra - artist

14 (15) Marian Goodman - dealer/gallerist

15 (6) Dakis Joannou - collector

16 NEW Brett Gorvy and Amy Cappellazzo - both work at Christie’s

17 NEW Thomas Krens and Lisa Dennison - museum directors

18 (21) Marc Glimcher - dealer/gallerist, Pace in New York

19 (17) Charles Saatchi - collector

20 (41) Neo Rauch - artist

21 NEW Bernard Arnault - collector/owner of LVMH

22 NEW Richard Prince - artist

23 (19) Leonard Lauder - collector/philanthropist

24 NEW Steve Cohen - collector

25 (12) Gerhard Richter - artist

26 NEW Tobias Meyer - top contemporary person at Sotheby’s

27 (27) The Konig family - German family who run art bookstores and museums

28 (10) Takashi Murakami - artist

29 (31) Maja Oeri - collector and money behind Schaulager in Basel

30 (26) Nicholas Logsdail - dealer/gallerist Lisson in London

31 (49) Jay Jopling - dealer/gallerist, White Cube in London

32 (36) Barbara Gladstone - dealer/gallerist

33 (32) Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, art fair directors of Frieze in London

34 NEW Jeff Wall - artist

35 NEW Renzo Piano - architect

36 (77) Simon de Pury and Michael McGinnis - at auctioneers Phillips de Pury and Co

37 NEW Paul McCarthy - artist

38 (41) Gerd Lybke - dealer/gallerist Eigen + Art in Berlin

39 (45) Ed Ruscha - artist

40 (25) Peter Brant - collector

41 (40) Don and Mera Rubell - Miami collectors

42 (94) John Baldessari - artist

43 (44) Paul Schimmel - chief curator at LAMOCA

44 NEW Robert Mnuchin and Dominique Levy - dealer/galleris, L&M in New York

45 NEW Marlene Dumas - artist

46 (46) Matthew Marks dealer/gallerist and art fair director - Armory in NYC

47 (24) Adam Weinberg museum director - the Whitney in New York

48 (38) Sadie Coles - dealer/gallerist

49 (14) Rem Koolhaas - architect

50 (57) Victoria Miro - dealer/gallerist

51 (88) Alfred Pacquement - museum director, Pompidou Centre in Paris

52 NEW Peter Doig - artist

53 NEW The Mugrabis family - collectors

54 NEW Anselm Kiefer - artist

55 (55) Lurhing and Augustine - dealer/gallerist in New York

56 (42) Max Hollein - museum director in Frankfurt

57 (47) Ingvild Goetz - collector in Germany

58 NEW Chris Ofili - artist

59 (68) Thelma Golden - museum director/curator in New York

60 NEW Philippe Vergne - chief curator at the Walker in the US

61 (59) William Acquavella - dealer/gallerist in New York

62 (18) Jeff Koons - artist

63 NEW Allan Schwartzmann - art advisor in New York

64 NEW Harald Falckenberg - German collector

65 NEW Phillipe Segalot - art advisor

66 (93) Gerhard Steidl - book publisher, Steidl

67 NEW Iwona Blazwick - museum director, Whitechapel in London

68 (75) Harry Blain and Graham Southern - dealer/gallerist, Haunch of Venison in London

69 NEW Howard Greenberg - dealer/gallerist in New York

70 (61) Max Hetzler - dealer/gallerist in Berlin

71 (72) Francesca von Hapsburg - collector, philanthropist, museum owner

72 (56) William Eggleston - artist

73 (9) Robert Storr - curator/academic

74 NEW Perry Rubinstein - dealer/gallerist in New York

75 (20) Zaha Hadid - architect

76 NEW Stefan Edlis - collector

77 NEW Alanna Heiss - museum director/curator, PS1 in New York

78 NEW Thaddeus Ropac - dealer/gallerist in Paris

79 NEW Ann Philbin - museum director, the Hammer in LA

80 (30) Daniel Buchholz - dealer/gallerist in Cologne

81 (81) Maureen Paley - dealer/gallerist in London

82 NEW Shaun Caley Regen - dealer/gallerist in LA

83 (50) De la Cruzes - collectors

84 (85) Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun - curators

85 NEW The Christos - artists

86 (86) Hans Ulrich Obrist - curator

87 (84) Spruth Magers - dealer/gallerist in Cologne and London

88 NEW Richard Schlagman - book publisher, Phaidon

89 (82) Miuccia Prada - collector

90 NEW Christopher van de Weghe - art advisor

91 NEW Frank Dunphy - business manager to top London artists

92 (90) The Cisneros - collectors/philanthropists

93 NEW James Lingwood and Michael Morris curators – Artangel in London

94 NEW Yvonne Force - art advisor

95 NEW Christian Boros - collector in Germany

96 (98) Harvey Shipley Miller and Andre Schlectreim - curators in New York

97 NEW Rachel Whiteread - artist

98 NEW The Essels - collectors

99 NEW Tadashi Kawamata - curator

100 NEW Sebastian Lopez - curator

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