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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'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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My time at Pop has been a transformative experience that I am extremely proud of. It has afforded me the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest creative minds in the world, and I'm thankful to Ashley Heath and Bauer Media for the opportunity.
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I have always dreamed of bringing an exhibit of Mark Rothko to Moscow.
I had a happy childhood: extremely outdoorsy and independent.
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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 never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work. I never yell at anyone I work with.
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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 don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.
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I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I'm in the States I feel at home, too.
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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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When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.
insulting
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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I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest.
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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.