Dasha Zhukova Explained

Dasha Zhukova
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Name:Darya Alexandrovna Zhukova
Birth Date:8 June 1981
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Education:University of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
New York University (MA)
Children:3
Father:Alexander Zhukov
Mother:Elena Zhukova
Relatives:Philip Niarchos (father-in-law)
Rupert Murdoch (stepfather)

Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova (Russian: Дарья "Даша" Александровна Жукова; born 8 June 1981) is a Russian-American art collector, businesswoman, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and Garage Magazine.

Early life and education

Darya Alexandrovna Zhukova was born in Moscow on 8 June 1981.[1] Her father is Alexander Zhukov, an oil trader.[1] [2] Her mother is Elena Zhukova, a Russian-Jewish scientist of molecular biology.[1] [2] Her parents separated when she was 3.[3] In 1991, she moved with her mother to the United States, settling in the Houston area as her mother had relocated due to work.[1] [2] [3] They later moved to Los Angeles, California.[2] [3] By the time Elena retired, she was a professor of molecular biology at UCLA, as well as an authority on diabetes.[4]

Zhukova attended a Jewish day-school in California.[5] It was a Hebrew college, Dasha's first school in the US, and she attended it for three years. She attended Pacific Hills School, graduating in 1999. She graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with degrees in Slavic studies and literature. After becoming involved with Roman Abramovich, she returned to Moscow and later moved to London, where she enrolled at the London's College of Naturopathic Medicine but did not complete the program.[6] [7] In 2023, Dasha graduated from NYU with a Masters of Arts.[8]

Career

In 2006, Zhukova co-founded the fashion label Kova & T. She currently sits on the boards for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Shed.[3] [6] [9] [10] [11]

In 2008, Zhukova founded the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture (part-funded by Abramovich[12]) in Moscow, a nonprofit organization supporting the advancement of contemporary art and culture in Russia and abroad. In 2012, the center launched the first comprehensive art education program and public archive of Russian art in the country. In 2014, the institution changed its name to Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and, the following year, moved to its first permanent home in Gorky Park. The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is a preservation project that transformed a 1968 Soviet Modernist canteen into a radical space for exhibitions, publishing, research, and education.[13] [14]

In February 2009, Zhukova was appointed editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine Pop. Many in the industry saw her as an unlikely replacement for launch editor Katie Grand.[3] In an interview at the time she was unable to name a single artist she admired, saying she was bad with names.[5] She resigned from the position after three issues in November 2010.[15]

In addition, Zhukova is the Editorial Director of GARAGE magazine,[16] a biannual print publication that focuses on the collaboration between contemporary art and fashion. Since its inception, GARAGE magazine has worked with some of the world's most celebrated creators, and initiated global artistic dialogues. Among the magazine's contributors are artists such as Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Nick Knight, Marc Jacobs, Richard Prince, John Baldessari, Inez & Vinoodh, and Patrick Demarchelier.[6] [17] [18] The magazine took its name and spirit from Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. She also is a founding member of the Culture Shed in New York.

Racist chair controversy

In 2014, a photograph of Zhukova sitting on a chair designed as a mannequin of a black woman was featured on, an online fashion publication. The photograph was widely criticized as racist. cropped the chair from the photo and Zhukova apologised, describing the chair as artwork and as "commentary on gender and racial politics". Zhukova added, "I utterly abhor racism and would like to apologise to those offended by my participation in this shoot".[19] [20] [21]

Political activities

Zhukova donated to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. She also donated to the Democratic National Committee.[22]

Personal life

In 2008, Zhukova married Roman Abramovich, a Russian businessman and investor who is the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. The couple had two children, a son and daughter, who were both born in the United States.[23] In August 2017, the couple announced that they would separate.[24]

On 11 October 2019, Zhukova married Stavros Niarchos III, son of Philip Niarchos, in a civil ceremony in Paris, France.[25] In March 2021, she gave birth to her third child, and her first with Niarchos, a son named Philip Stavros Niarchos.[26]

Zhukova holds dual Russian and American citizenship.[27] As of 2024, her step father is Rupert Murdoch after he and Zhukova's mother married.

References

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/style/dasha-zhukovas-oligarch-russia-art.html?searchResultPosition=1Dasha Zhukova’s Artful Rise. – The oligarch’s ex-wife had carefully built a place for herself in the art world. And then, Putin’s war started. By Caitlin Moscatello, New York Times, March 3, 2023

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women in the arts: Dasha Zhukova . Sassall . Yeong . 22 April 2015 . Buro247 . 8 January 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072327/http://www.buro247.com.au/culture-lifestyle/arts/women-in-the-arts-dasha-zhukova.html . 4 March 2016.
  2. Ioffe . Julia . 27 September 2010 . Garage Mechanics . . United States . 8 January 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054944/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/27/garage-mechanics . 4 March 2016.
  3. News: Helmore . Edward . 26 May 2011 . Dasha, Dasha, Dasha . . United States . 8 January 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160110213133/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703421204576329420182131288 . 10 January 2016.
  4. https://www.ft.com/content/a71190e8-2934-11e2-9591-00144feabdc0 Dasha’s next move
  5. News: Dasha Zhukova: From It Girl to Art Girl . Sawyer . Miranda . 4 October 2009 . . United Kingdom . 22 March 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130908031337/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/04/dasha-zhukova-interview-roman-abramovich . 8 September 2013.
  6. News: Silva. Horacio. 25 February 2010. Red Hottie. The New York Times. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170212115801/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/t-magazine/28talk-zhukova.html. 12 February 2017.
  7. News: Blasberg. Derek. Derek Blasberg. Dasha Zhukova: Queen of the Art Scene. 17 November 2014. Harpers Bazaar. 13 August 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021218/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/news/dasha-zhukova-interview-0912#slide-1. 29 November 2014.
  8. News: Dasha Zhukova's Artful Rise . The New York Times . 3 March 2023 . Moscatello . Caitlin .
  9. Web site: Max Hollein is the next director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art . The Art Newspaper. 10 April 2018 . Victoria Stapley-Brown . 13 May 2021. The committee—made up of 17 trustees, including J. Tomilson Hill and Dasha Zhukova....
  10. Web site: DASHA ZHUKOVA: FROM INEXPERIENCED HEIRESS TO ART MAGNATE . Elle Decor. 23 July 2018 . Lia Morreale . 13 May 2021. Within just a few years, Dasha became a member of the board of directors for the Metropolitan and Shed (opening soon), an independent non-profit organization spreading pop and contemporary culture..
  11. Web site: Is the Shed the Defining Arts Institution of a New New York City? . Town & Country. 14 March 2019 . Chloe Malle . 13 May 2021. ...says Diane von Furstenberg, one of a group of powerful New Yorkers who make up the board, including Jon Tisch, Andrés Santo Domingo, and Dasha Zhukova..
  12. Miranda Sawyer. Dasha Zhukova: From It Girl to Art Girl // The Guardian
  13. News: Miller. M.H.. Dasha Zhukova Finally Opens the Door to Her Garage. 18 November 2014. The New York Observer. 6 September 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032826/http://observer.com/2011/09/dasha-zhukova-finally-opens-the-door-to-her-garage/. 29 November 2014.
  14. News: Moore. Rowan. You wait ages for a Rem Koolhaas-designed contemporary art space, then two come along at once. 14 June 2015. The Guardian. 16 July 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150614133237/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/14/rem-koolhaas-contemporary-art-space-moscow-fondazione-prada-milan. 14 June 2015.
  15. Odell, Amy (11 October 2010) "Dasha Zhukova Is Leaving Pop – The Cut ". New York Magazine. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  16. Web site: About .
  17. News: Cutruzzula. Kara. Garage Magazine's Very Modern Nursery-Rhyme Cover. 18 November 2014. The Daily Beast. 19 March 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129082805/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/19/garage-magazine-s-very-modern-nursery-rhyme-cover.html. 29 November 2014.
  18. News: Blasberg. Derek. Dasha Zhukova: Queen of the Art Scene. 17 November 2014. Harpers Bazaar. 13 August 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021218/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/news/dasha-zhukova-interview-0912#slide-1. 29 November 2014.
  19. News: Chan. Stephanie. Russian Fashion Editor Sits on a Black Person Posing as a Chair; Apologizes. 15 November 2014. 21 January 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216141032/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dasha-zhukova-sits-a-black-673059. 16 December 2014.
  20. News: Wilson. Julee. Garage Magazine Editor-In-Chief Dasha Zhukova Sits on A 'Black Woman' Chair in Shocking Editorial. 15 November 2014. HuffPost. 20 January 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113222523/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/20/dasha-zhukova-black-woman-chair-buro-247-editorial_n_4633544.html. 13 November 2014.
  21. News: Saul. Heather. Editor apologises after Dasha Zhukova 'black woman mannequin' chair sparks racism row. 17 November 2014. The Independent. 21 January 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129213716/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dasha-zhukova-black-woman-mannequin-chair-sparks-racism-row-9074915.html. 29 November 2014.
  22. "The Russians at the DNC". Politico. 29 July 2016.
  23. News: Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich celebrates birth of his seventh child, his second with model Daria Zhukova . Miami Newsday . 14 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130916011012/http://www.miaminewsday.com/national/4008-chelsea-owner-roman-abramovich-celebrates-birth-of-his-seventh-child-his-second-with-model-daria-zhukova.html . 16 September 2013.
  24. News: Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich splits from wife. BBC News. 7 August 2017. 7 August 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807160047/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40852660. 7 August 2017.
  25. News: Durón . Maximilíano . Top Collectors Wed: Stavros Niarchos and Dasha Zhukova Tie the Knot . 21 October 2019 . ARTnews . 18 October 2019.
  26. Web site: Dasha Zhukova gives birth to baby boy, welcomes first child with Stavros Niarchos . Greek City Times. 14 March 2021 . GCT . 13 May 2021.
  27. Who Is Ivanka Trump's Close Friend Dasha Zhukova? . . 7 September 2017.

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