Chinese tycoon on a mission to promote Western art to youths

In this picture taken on March 31, 2016, Chinas highest profile art collector Liu Yiqian speaks during an interview with AFP in Hong Kong.He first stunned the auction world by snapping up hugely expensive Chinese antiquities, but now taxi driver turned tycoon Liu Yiqian is targeting Western masterpieces, saying it is his social responsibility to show them to Chinas younger generation. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE

HONG KONG: He first stunned the auction world by snapping up hugely expensive Chinese antiquities, but now taxi driver turned tycoon Liu Yiqian (pic) is targeting Western masterpieces, saying it is his “social responsibility” to show them to China’s younger generation.

Liu has become China’s highest profile art collector, hitting headlines with record-breaking buys and an irreverent approach.