Art collectors' new problem: when art is too big to store at home

New York

FOR collectors returning from Art Basel, one question looms large: Where do you put that 16-foot-tall and 29.5-foot-wide painting that comes with six pink chairs?

Tony and Elham Salame, who purchased the work by Swiss artist John Armleder, with an asking price of 400,000 euros (S$602,000) to 500,000 euros, said that they'll put it in their private museum.

The Salames, Beirut-based fashion retailers, are among wealthy collectors who snapped up gargantuan paintings, sculptures, and other showstopping installations at the art fair's Unlimited section, which is dedicated to large-scale pieces that in the…