Frank Cohen

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Frank Cohen in front of Franz Ackermann's Epicentre Meeting I (ArtReview, June 2003)
Frank Cohen in front of Franz Ackermann's Epicentre Meeting I (ArtReview, June 2003)

Frank Cohen (born 15 October 1943) is the founder of Glyn Webb Home Improvement Stores, which is a large chain of Do It Yourself (DIY) stores in North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Anglia and the Midlands of England. He is also one of the most famous art collectors in the world.

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Frank Cohen began collecting Modern British art in the 1970s. In the late 1980s he became a patron and supporter of the Young British Artists (YBAs), American and German art of the 1980s and 1990s, contemporary Japanese art (especially the Superflat movement) and more recently contemporary Chinese and Indian art. He is every year listed in ARTnews magazine’s list of ‘The World’s Top 200 Collectors’ [1] and is often referred to as the Charles Saatchi of the North or the Medici of the North. "A short, blustery man with cheerful demeanor and a great sense of humor, he can be found snatching up work at prominent art fairs with the likes of Nicolai Frahm [2]." Cohen opened in January 2007 a foundation in Wolverhampton to show younger artists from his collection called Initial Access [3]. Today Cohen has become known as one of the most influential promoters of international contemporary art in the world.

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