| 词条 | Frank Cohen |
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| name = Frank Cohen | image = | birth_date = 15 October 1943 | nationality = British | known_for = Initial Access Dairy Art Centre | spouse = {{marriage|Cherryl Garson|1972|}} | children = Son, Adam Daughter, Georgina | website = http://initialaccess.co.uk }}Frank Cohen (born 15 October 1943) is a British entrepreneur and art collector. He is frequently referred to as "the Saatchi of the North" [1] He was born and raised in Manchester where he worked in market stalls before building up the ‘Home Improvement Company’ based in and around Manchester and then ‘GlynWebb Home Improvement Stores’, which was a large chain of Do It Yourself (DIY) stores in the North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Anglia, and the Midlands of the United Kingdom.[2] Cohen began collecting art in the 1970s and, upon selling his business in 1997, it became his full-time occupation. [3] He is also co-founder of the Dairy Art Centre [4], a public space for contemporary art exhibition which closed in 2015. Fortnum & Mason exhibitionFortnum and Mason, London, opened "Fortnum X Frank[5]" on 13 September 2016. An installation of more than 60 Modern British and Contemporary works loaned from Cohen's collection were displayed throughout the store. Artists on show were Kenneth Armitage, Frank Auerbach, Charming Baker, Robert Bevan, David Bomberg, Reginald Brill, Edward Burra, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Joan Eardley, Tracey Emin, Harry Epworth Allen, William Gear, Charles Ginner, Spencer Frederick Gore, Maggi Hambling , Ivon Hitchens, Howard Hodgkin, Leon Kossoff, Eduardo Paolozzi, John Piper, Marc Quinn, Paula Rego, Bridget Riley, William Scott, Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith, David Spiller, Keith Vaughan and Stuart Pearson Wright. References1. ^https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/the-new-art-establishment-art-collector-frank-cohen-makes-his-move-on-london-8534079.html 2. ^https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/24/artnews.art 3. ^https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/24/artnews.art 4. ^http://dairyartcentre.org.uk/information/ 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/frank-cohens-art-collection-comes-to-fortnum--mason/|title=Frank Cohen's art collection comes to Fortnum & Mason|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2016-12-21}} Links{{more footnotes|date=March 2015}}
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