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John Derian
John Derian (company founder, designer of decoupage) founded John Derian Company Inc. in 1989; his East Village, NYC studio makes decoupage glassware from 18th- and 19th-century prints, sold in three shops and through Target and Astier de Villatte collaborations.
Laura Lopes
Laura Lopes (Laura Rose Parker Bowles, born 1978) is an English art curator, daughter of Queen Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles, stepdaughter of King Charles III, former manager of Eleven Fine Art and now of Barber Lopes.
Lina Lazaar
Lina Lazaar (born 1983, Riyadh) is a Tunisian-Swiss curator and vice president of the Kamel Lazaar Foundation; she founded Ibraaz, the JAOU biennial, and curated Tunisia's 2017 Venice Biennale pavilion.
Met Gala
The Met Gala (Costume Institute Benefit, Met Ball) is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual first-Monday-in-May fundraiser for its Costume Institute, founded by Eleanor Lambert in 1948, themed to the spring exhibition, co-chaired by Anna Wintour since 1995, and famous for its celebrity red carpet.
New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week (NYFW), begun as Eleanor Lambert's 1943 Press Week, is the semiannual February and September American runway event opening the Big Four fashion month, organized by the CFDA via the Fashion Calendar since 2014.
Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula is an artist company and painting movement founded at Papunya, Northern Territory, where Western Desert men began translating ceremonial designs into acrylic paintings in 1971.
Pixiv (ピクシブ)
Pixiv (ピクシブ) is a Japanese social networking service for posting illustrations, manga, and novels, launched September 10, 2007 by pixiv Inc.; 128 million users and 177 million works by 2026, with FANBOX, BOOTH, and VRoid sister services.
Pro Finlandia
Pro Finlandia (Pro Finlandia -mitali) is a gold-plated silver medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, established in 1943 and awarded only to artists and authors.
Racquel Chevremont
Racquel Chevremont, American art curator, collector, and consultant from Brooklyn and the Bronx, formerly an Elite model; Deux Femmes Noires co-founder with Mickalene Thomas, Real Housewives of New York cast member, and curator of This Too Shall Pass (2023).
Regina Zbarskaya
Regina Zbarskaya (née Kolesnikova, 1935–1987), Soviet fashion model at the All-Union House of Models, called 'the most beautiful weapon of the Kremlin' and 'Soviet Sophia Loren'; star of the 1961 Paris showing, wife of artist Lev Zbarsky, died by suicide at 52.
Rongbaozhai
Rongbaozhai (荣宝斋) is a Beijing art and stationery institution on Liulichang West Street, founded in 1672 and best known for woodblock water printing that reproduces Chinese paintings.
Salon (Paris)
Salon (Paris): the official juried exhibition of living artists' work in Paris, named for the Louvre's Salon Carré, held from 1667 under the French Academy until state control ended in 1880, followed by the Société des Artistes Français and rival salons.
Salon d'Automne
Salon d'Automne, annual Paris juried art exhibition founded in 1903 by Frantz Jourdain at the Petit Palais; host of the 1905 Fauvism scandal, Cézanne's 1907 retrospective, and modern movements since.
Salon des Indépendants
The Salon des Indépendants (Salon des artistes indépendants) is an annual Paris art exhibition since 1884, open to any artist who pays the fee, with no jury and no prizes.
Salon des Refusés
The Salon des Refusés was an 1863 Paris exhibition ordered by Napoleon III to show works rejected by the official Salon's jury, including Manet's scandalous Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), also Comic-Con International, is the annual summer pop culture convention in San Diego, founded in 1970, with about 135,000 attendees, Hall H studio panels, the Eisner Awards, and WonderCon as a sister event.
São Paulo Art Biennial
The São Paulo Art Biennial (Bienal de São Paulo) is a contemporary art exhibition held every two years in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1951 by Ciccillo Matarazzo.
Scipione Borghese
Scipione Borghese, born Scipione Caffarelli (1576–1633), was an Italian cardinal and cardinal-nephew of Pope Paul V who amassed one of the largest art collections of his age.
Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet (1818-1890), born Richard Jackson, was a British collector, likely illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess of Hertford, inheritor of the Hertford art collection, donor of the Wallace fountains of Paris, and namesake of the Wallace Collection.
Sunaina Kejriwal (सुनैना केजरीवाल)
Sunaina Kejriwal (सुनैना केजरीवाल), daughter of Rahul Bajaj and wife of Kedaara Capital founder Manish Kejriwal, directed Mumbai's Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall & Art Gallery from 2008 until her death from cancer on 5 October 2024, aged 53.
Theo Burrell
Theo Burrell (Theodora Helen Burrell, 1986–2026) was a Scottish antiques specialist, auctioneer at Lyon & Turnbull, and BBC Antiques Roadshow ceramics expert who campaigned for brain tumour research after a 2022 glioblastoma diagnosis.
Theo van Gogh (art dealer)
Theo van Gogh (Theodorus van Gogh, 1857-1891), Dutch art dealer, younger brother of painter Vincent; Goupil & Cie/Boussod, Valadon & Cie Paris branch manager, Vincent's financial supporter, co-collector; distinct from his namesake great-grandnephew.
Tish Weinstock
Tish Weinstock, London-based contributing beauty editor at British Vogue, i-D and Dazed alumna, author of How to Be a Goth (2024), goth model for Chloé and Vivienne Westwood, wife of Tom Guinness.
Turner Prize
Turner Prize, annual British contemporary art award founded in 1984 by Tate's Patrons of New Art and named for J. M. W. Turner; given for an outstanding exhibition by an artist born or working in Britain, with a four-artist shortlist, £25,000 winner's purse, and a history of controversy.
Vito Schnabel
Vito Schnabel (born 1986) is an American art dealer and curator, son of Julian Schnabel; founded Vito Schnabel Gallery in St. Moritz in 2015 in Bruno Bischofberger's former space, after a career of independent, site-specific exhibitions in New York.