The collections of the future and the new communities of young collectors

SPEAKERS

DILA KABAKCI
Collector, Turkey

Dila Kabakci is a collector from Turkey. After graduating from Brown University with a double major in Modern Culture & Media and Human Biology, Dila Kabakcı worked in film production and advertising in Los Angeles and Istanbul. In 2011 she became one of the founding partners of ARTFACTORY, the first fine art storage and exhibition company in Turkey. Still serving as manager, she also developed SKEC where her creative work focussing on arts & medicine gathered.

YIORYIOS PAPAYIORYIOU
Collector, Greece

Yioryios Papayioryiou is a collector and an artist born in Wellington, New Zealand and residing in Athens, Greece who has recently established his studio in the historic district of Piraeus.
Graduating from the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the Australian National University (ANU), Yioryios is focused on fostering his full attention on the art community at large.

VALERIO POLIMENO
Collector, Italy

Valerio Polimeno is a Rome-born, Paris-based art collector and L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Global General Manager. He is drawn to artists with a very personal voice, whose work stem directly from their personality. He is inspired by themes that open him up to new viewpoints allowing art to stir up dialogue within himself.

AURÉLIA VIGOUROUX
Collector, France

Aurélia Vigouroux is a CSR consultant to major groups and institutions (Chanel, Essec, L’Oréal, Paris Good Fashion, Woolmark). She directed the Maison Mode Méditerranée, which aims to financially support designers, researchers and cultural professionals through projects of general interest with the help of a network of international experts. She co-created Openmymed which highlights the creative abundance of the Mediterranean. A volunteer member of the UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) program and committed to inclusiveness, she wrote the short story: “Candice or the glass ceiling”, published by Ramsay.

Moderated by: Anissa Touati (Curator-at-Large Paris Internationale)