David Nahmad is first of all a strong grip. Then a kind smile. And finally one: “I come back from the Metropolitan of Tokyo, where I lent 50 canvases to the exhibition on Mirò”. Nothing surprising for the holder of one of the largest private art collections in the world and the largest of Picasso.
His watch reflects the sun and a pair of glasses adapted to time regularly draws a “we are still lucky that he is as beautiful”. But behind the air of a simple man, and an anecdote of billionaire who steals in Easyjet repeated three times, he is one of the most influential players on the art market. A title he was built for several decades, since his first purchases in 1968, with his two brothers, Ezra and Giuseppe.