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Dasha Zhukova (full name: Darya Alexandrovna Zhukova) is a Russian-American art collector, businesswoman, magazine editor, philanthropist, and socialite.
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Born on June 8, 1981, in Moscow, she moved to the United States as a child and was raised in Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and now lives in New York City.
She is best known as the founder (in 2008) of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, a major institution housed in a landmark Rem Koolhaas-designed building that promotes global contemporary art through exhibitions, education, and public programs.
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In 2011, she launched Garage Magazine, a publication focused on art, fashion, and culture (later acquired by Vice Media).
She is also a co-founder and Chief Ideas Officer of New Holland Island in St. Petersburg, a historic public arts and recreation space that reopened under her leadership and continues to expand as a cultural hub.
Zhukova serves on the boards of several major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Jewish Museum in Moscow, and The Shed in New York. She has also supported programs like the Dasha Zhukova Distinguished Visiting Artist Program at MIT.
She was previously married to Russian billionaire and former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich (2008–2017); they have two children and continue to co-own the Garage Museum.
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In 2019, she married Stavros Niarchos III (heir to the Greek shipping fortune); the couple has three children together (including a third born in late 2024).
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She remains active in cultural and entrepreneurial projects, including a recent design-focused real estate venture calledRay.
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Rem Koolhaas (full name: Remment Lucas Koolhaas) is a Dutch architect, urbanist, architectural theorist, and professor widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in contemporary architecture.
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Born on November 17, 1944, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he spent part of his childhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, where his father directed a cultural institute. He initially worked as a journalist and screenwriter before studying architecture at the Architectural Association School in London (graduating in 1972) and later at Cornell University in the U.S.
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In 1975, he co-founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam (with offices in multiple cities), alongside Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. OMA has become one of the world’s leading architecture firms, known for bold, research-driven designs that challenge conventional forms and urban thinking. He also leads AMO, OMA’s conceptual research arm, which explores broader social, cultural, and technological issues.
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Key Contributions in Architecture and TheoryKoolhaas is celebrated for buildings that embrace modernity’s energy, density, and unpredictability, often prioritizing program, context, and innovation over signature aesthetics. His seminal 1978 book Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan became a cult classic, reinterpreting the city as a “culture of congestion.” In 1995, he published the influential S,M,L,XL, a “novel about architecture” that cataloged OMA’s work.
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He has taught as Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at Harvard Graduate School of Design since the 1990s and curated major exhibitions, including directing the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale and “Countryside: The Future” at the Guggenheim in 2020.
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Major awards include thePritzker Prize(2000), Praemium Imperiale (2003), and the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects (2004).
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