Dasha Zhukova
Dasha Zhukova
Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukovais a Russian-born businesswoman, art collector, magazine editor, and founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and Garage Magazine. She is married to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth8 June 1981
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
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Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels.
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There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by going on the Internet.
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I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.
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I don't know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation.
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'Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.
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I think it's fascinating that clothes can drastically transform someone's mood or the way they feel about their appearance.
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If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
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When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.
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I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.
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I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.
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I never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work. I never yell at anyone I work with.
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I used to arm wrestle my roommate in college. Based on that, I'm in pretty good shape.
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I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow.
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There is a very strong theatre-going tradition in Moscow. It has stayed strong.