(Volume 108/Number 7)ARTnews | Summer 2009‘A Different Ball Game’ Milton EsterowThe top ten collectors on our list The ARTnews 200 Top CollectorsOur annual list of the world's top collectors The Faking of the Russian Avant-Garde Konstantin Akinsha and Sylvia HochfieldWith invented provenances, unreliable certificates of authenticity, and “rediscovered” works by artists who are lost to history, forgers are flooding galleries and auction houses with Russian avant-garde fakes. A six-month ARTnews investigation reveals that inauthentic works now outnumber authentic ones Angst Management David GallowayIn frenzied performances and multilayered installations, Jonathan Meese sings, rants, invents words, invokes taboos, confesses, regresses, and sometimes staples underwear to the wall ‘Buying the Best of the Best’ Eileen KinsellaWorking with a roster of prestigious curators, dealers, and advisers, in just over a decade Steven Cohen has amassed one of the world’s most important private art collections |