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Victoria Golembiovskaya with Phillip Guston and Barry LeVa artworks at C1760 gallery, New York.
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Time is the Ultimate Luxuryat Colnaghi’s C1760 Townhouse
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House of the Nobleman
ne of the many things that makes NYC so special is that it draws those who are constantly out to challenge themselves and bring new ideas and perspectives to the community. Enter Victoria Golembiovskaya, who garnered attention and acclaim for her House of the Nobleman in London, an art advisory firm that produces exhibitions in landmark locations internationally. Her new energy manifests itself on the Upper East Side with C1760, the modern and contemporary art department of Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial gallery, well known for Old Masters works. Artist Getulio Alviani My first meeting with her was when I caught the tail end of Getulio Alviani’s exhibition of reflective aluminum works at the C1760 Townhouse. Alviani was important in the op-art era, hailed from Udine, Italy, the same
hometown as Leo Castello. They were pals. It’s an attractive show with chromed and anodized pieces, some feeling like a carnival house of mirrors. Alviani was big in the sixties and had some moments in the eighties, but despite important, critical work, time forgets things – until people step in with reminders.
of the biggest upcoming film stars. “It was a decisive chapter in my life at a time when Russia still had hope,” she says. “I realized that I was no longer able to function there, and I wanted to do international projects. Because all my friends were artists, it was natural for me to start doing projects with them.”
Influences of Time That brings us to my second meeting with Victoria and the summer exhibition at the Townhouse, titled Influences of Time based on Swiss Art Historian Heinrich Wolfflin’s “Kunstgeschichte ohne Namen” (Art History without A Name). We can get heavy with this but we won’t. All I’ll say is that if you are into geometric abstraction, this show is for you. My guidance counselor in high school once said that I ranked very high in special relations, so I held onto that praise and somehow latched onto this type of work from an early age, searching for signs and symbols. So, who is this woman? Victoria started working in the film industry in Moscow in the late nineties, where she was the manager of one
Damien Hirst, Banksy, Alexander Calder, Yves Klein & Pablo Picasso When she moved to London, Victoria worked on a formula for art-inspired projects between the arts, real estate, and luxury brands. In 2010 she got a big break when the developer of a beautiful mansion overlooking Regent’s Park invited her to do a project, where each room of the house was to have a unique curated theme. The exhibition was a collaboration with real estate developers, luxury brands, designers and private collectors to show their works including Damien Hirst, Banksy, Alexander Calder, Yves Klein, Gerhard Richter, Pablo Picasso and Edouard Manet to name a few. This has been the first time that a luxury London residential property has been
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