“Power 100” List Demotes Saatchi, Promotes Dentist

ArtReview Magazine’s new “Power 100” list of the most influential collectors of art contains a few surprises this year. Charles Saatchi will be knocked from first place to sixth. But perhaps just as surprising is the man who ranks No. 100: the dentist who fixed the teeth of the Young British Artist set. Artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin gave their dentist work in trade for his tooth care. “Emin has regularly sung his praises, telling interviewers: ‘My dentist is the best in Britain!’ She said last night: ‘He’s a really good and kind dentist who took my teeth on when no one else would go near them with a barge pole’.”