MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN RUSSIAN ART MARKET

january issue of russian art magazine artchronika has published the annual list of the most influential people on russian art scene. it includes artists, curators, collectors, investors, critics and other figures, dealing with russian art. the 1st place was given to joseph backstein, commissioner of the 3rd moscow biennale of contemporary art. he made all previous moscow biennales too, but the one held this year was outstanding by the geography of participants and number of visitors - during 1 month it was attended by half a million people! 2nd place is shared by roman abramovich and daria jukova, collectors and founders of garage center of contemporary art. the 3rd place is occupied by olga sviblova, moscow house of photography director. she is followed by marat gelman, jean-jubert martin, andrey erofeev, vasiliy tsereteli, sofia and roman trocenko, oleg kulick shalva breys. unfortunately the english language part of artchronika website doesn't work at the moment, otherwise i would have given you the link to the full list of winners.