«We were here for the inception of the fair and feel that its intimacy allows us to connect with patrons, collectors, and museum directors in a very special way,» says Leila Heller, who owns eponymous galleries in Dubai and New York. (galeriemagazine.com)
It gets a crucial financial boost from philanthropist George Washington Vanderbilt II, whose eponymous gallery in the building will host major exhibitions in the late 19th and early 20th century. (theartstudentsleague.org)
Abramovich, who is worth about # 7.5 billion, has huge spending power in the art market, easily dwarfing possible rivals such as Charles Saatchi, worth just a few hundred million pounds and who has his own eponymous gallery in central London. (telegraph.co.uk)