By Patricia Rodriguez
The prestigious Forbes magazine has released a list of some of the most important art entrepreneurs from our country. All of them are essential in the art market and occupy different positions. Gallery owners, businesspeople linked to the sector, artistic advisors, patrons, collectors... Below we present some names you should keep on your radar.
Ainhoa Grandes: Collector and president of the MACBA Foundation
Alberto de Juan Martínez: Owner and director of Max Estrella
Alex Nogueras and Rebeca Blanchard: Directors of NoguerasBlanchard
Alicia Koplowitz: Patron and collector
Ana Gervás and David Cantolla: Patrons and founders of the SOLO Collection
Antonio Huertas Mejías: President of Grupo Mapfre and of the Board of Trustees of the Mapfre Foundation
Anne Barthe: Sales and Public Relations Director at Marlborough Gallery, Madrid
Antoni Vila-Casas: Patron and president of the Vila Casas Foundation
Aurora Zubillaga: General Director of Sotheby's Spain
Borja Baselga: President of the Santander Foundation and member of the ARCO Advisory Board
Carmen Reviriego: President of Callia – Transcend through art and the Callia Foundation
Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza: Collector
Consuelo Durán: Director of Durán Art and Auctions
Delfina Between channels: Patron
Elba Benítez: Founder of the Elba Benítez Gallery
Elena Ochoa Foster: Patron and founder of the Ivorypress gallery
Elisa Hernando: CEO of Arte Global and Redcollectors.com
Elvira González: Founder of the Elvira González Gallery
Felipa Jove: Patron and president of the María José Jove Foundation
Francisco Cantos Baquedano: Collector, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the ARCO Foundation, member of its Advisory Council and member of the International Patronage Council of the Reina Sofía Museum
Guillermo Penso: General Manager of Bodega Otazu and patron
Helga de Alvear: Founder of the Helga de Alvear Gallery and collector
Hortensia Herrero: Patron and president of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation
Isidro Fainé: President of the "la Caixa" Foundation and patron of Del Prado
Jacobo Fitz James Stuart Fernández de Castro: Co-director of Espacio Valverde
Jaime Colsa: Entrepreneur, patron and founder of Truck Art Project
José Guirao Cabrera: General Director of the Montemadrid Foundation
Jose Manuel Entrecanales: Patron of the Prado Museum and patron
José María Álvarez-Pallete: Executive Chairman of Telefónica
José Vicente de los Mozos Bishop: President of the IFEMA Executive Committee and President of the ARCO Foundation
Josep Santacreu: Patron and CEO of DKV Seguros
Juan Abelló: Businessman and collector
Juan Ignacio Vidarte: Director General of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Juan March Delgado: President of the Juan March Foundation
Juana de Aizpuru: Collector and founder of the Juana de Aizpuru Gallery
Julio Sorigué and Josefina Blasco: Patron
Luis Bassat: Collector and president of the Carmen & Lluís Bassat Foundation
Luis Gasset : General Manager of Ansorena
Luis Valverde and José Martínez: Founders of Minimum Space
María García Yelo: Delegate and Director of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie's Spain
Maribel López Zambrana: Director of ARCO and patron of the ARCO Foundation
Fernando Masaveu Herrero: Collector and president of the María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation
Mayte Spínola: Artist and patron. Founder of the Pro Art and Culture Group
Nerea and Idoia Fernández: NF Directors/ Nieves Fernández
Pablo Flórez: Director of the Heinrich Ehrhardt Gallery
Pedro Maisterra and Belén Valbuena: Founders of Maisterravalbuena Gallery
Pilar Lladó: Collector and president of the International Patronage Council of the Reina Sofía Museum Foundation
Rafael Moneo: Architect and member of the Prado Museum
Rafael Tous: Businessman and patron
Vicente Todolí: President of the Botín Foundation's Visual Arts Advisory Committee
