Dasha Zhukova
Dasha Zhukova
Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukovais a Russian-born businesswoman, art collector, magazine editor, and founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and Garage Magazine. She is married to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth8 June 1981
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
definitely home time
I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I'm in the States I feel at home, too.
guess hearing interests pure watching work
I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.
foreign pull
When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.
The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.
insulting
If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
believe
I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest.
transform
I think it's fascinating that clothes can drastically transform someone's mood or the way they feel about their appearance.
art continue debate diversity equality fashion gender mission positive promoting racial record stir strong track worlds
'Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.
drives morning wake
I don't know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation.
people
I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.
among art generation huge knowledge thirst younger
There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by going on the Internet.
allowed art museums whose
Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels.
believe both choice death freedom life
I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death.
bit sorts
I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.