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Zhukova made substantial donations to the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] (LACMA), and is now a member of its board of directors. <ref name=3Dasha/><ref>{{cite news|last=Silva|first=Horacio|date=25 February 2010|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/t-magazine/28talk-zhukova.html|title= Red Hottie|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
Zhukova made substantial donations to the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] (LACMA), and is now a member of its board of directors. <ref name=3Dasha/><ref>{{cite news|last=Silva|first=Horacio|date=25 February 2010|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/t-magazine/28talk-zhukova.html|title= Red Hottie|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>


Zhukova is affiliated with [[New Holland Development]] (NHD, a [[Millhouse Capital|Millhouse]] group company financially backed by Abramovitch). On 15 November 2010, NHD won an investment tender held by the city of [[Saint Petersburg]] to redevelop historical [[New Holland Island]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About project|url=http://www.newhollandsp.ru/en/project/about.php|work=New}}</ref>
Zhukova is affiliated with New Holland Development, company financially backed by Abramovitch that, on 15 November 2010, won an investment tender held by the city of [[Saint Petersburg]] to redevelop historical [[New Holland Island]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About project|url=http://www.newhollandsp.ru/en/project/about.php|work=New}}</ref>


== Personal life==
== Personal life==

Revision as of 18:10, 18 November 2014

Dasha Zhukova
Born
Darya Alexandrovna Zhukova

(1981-06-08) 8 June 1981 (age 43)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara [citation needed]
OccupationEditor-in-chief of Garage Magazine
LabelKova & T.
Parent(s)Alexander Radkin Zhukov (father)
Elena Zhukova (mother)

Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova (Russian: Дарья Александровна Жукова; born 8 June 1981) is a Russian-born art collector and founder of a bi-annual art magazine. The girlfriend of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, she has acquired a reputation as an art collector.[1] (the Wall Street Journal referred to her "burgeoning arts empire"), and founded the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, underwritten in part by Abramovich's investment firm Millhouse.[2]

Life & Work

Zhukova was born in Moscow in 1981. Her father is Alexander Radkin Zhukov, an oil trader. Her mother is Elena Zhukova, a Russian scientist who is now retired from UCLA, where she taught molecular biology. Her parents split when she was three.[2][3] At the age of 10 she moved with her mother to the United States. Her mother is Jewish and her father is Christian; she says she identifies more with her mother's religion.[4] She lived in Houston, Texas in the early 90s and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Zhukova attended a Jewish day-school in California.[4] She attended Pacific Hills School and graduated 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 entered London’s College of Naturopathic Medicine. She did not complete the program.[5][3][6]

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 widely respected launch editor Katie Grand.[2] The experiment lasted three issues, and she resigned from that position in November 2010.[7][8]

Zhukova is editor-in-chief of Garage, a magazine affiliated with the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, underwritten in part by Abramovich's investment firm Millhouse.[2][9][10][11][12][13]TheWall Street Journal has referenced Zhokova's "burgeoning arts empire".[2]

Zhukova made substantial donations to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and is now a member of its board of directors. [2][14]

Zhukova is affiliated with New Holland Development, company financially backed by Abramovitch that, on 15 November 2010, won an investment tender held by the city of Saint Petersburg to redevelop historical New Holland Island.[15]

Personal life

Her partner is Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. The couple have two children.[16]

Chair Photograph

A photograph of Zhokova sitting on a chair designed as a mannequin of a black woman was featured on Buro 24/7, an online fashion publication. The photograph was widely criticized as racist. Buro 24/7 promptly cropped the chair out of the photo and Zhukova apologized, describing the chair as artwork and as “commentary on gender and racial politics”. Zhokova added, “I utterly abhor racism and would like to apologize to those offended by my participation in this shoot”.[17][18][19]

References

  1. ^ Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Helmore, Edward (26 May 2011). "Dasha, Dasha, Dasha". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ a b "Dasha Zhukova". Vogue.
  4. ^ a b Sawyer, Miranda (4 October 2009). "Dasha Zhukova: From It Girl to Art Girl". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  5. ^ Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Blasberg, Derek (13 August 2012). "Dasha Zhukova: Queen of the Art Scene". Harpers Bazaar. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ^ Odell, Amy (11 October 2010) Dasha Zhukova Is Leaving Pop – The Cut. Nymag.com. Retrieved on 17 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Dasha Zhukova quits Pop magazine". No. 11 November 2010. New York Post. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  9. ^ Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Wilson, Julee (20 January 2014). "Garage Magazine Editor-In-Chief Dasha Zhukova Sits On A 'Black Woman' Chair In Shocking Editorial". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  11. ^ Blasberg, Derek (13 August 2012). "Dasha Zhukova: Queen of the Art Scene". Harpers Bazaar. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  12. ^ Miller, M.H. (6 September 2011). "Dasha Zhukova Finally Opens the Door to Her Garage". New York Observer. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  13. ^ Cutruzzula, Kara (19 March 2012). "Garage Magazine's Very Modern Nursery-Rhyme Cover". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  14. ^ Silva, Horacio (25 February 2010). "Red Hottie". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "About project". New.
  16. ^ Miami Newsday: "Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich celebrates birth of his seventh child, his second with model Daria Zhukova" 14 April 2013
  17. ^ CHAN, STEPHANIE. "RUSSIAN FASHION EDITOR SITS ON A BLACK PERSON POSING AS A CHAIR; APOLOGIZES". No. 21 January 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  18. ^ Wilson, Julee (20 January 2014). "Garage Magazine Editor-In-Chief Dasha Zhukova Sits On A 'Black Woman' Chair In Shocking Editorial". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  19. ^ Saul, Heather (21 January 2014). "Editor apologises after Dasha Zhukova 'black woman mannequin' chair sparks racism row". The Independent. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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