citylikeyou — Victoria and Albert Museum

London / Art

My favourite library when I was a student, I still love to wander and look up to its Renaissance sculptures.

Website
vam.ac.uk

Address
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom

Art Director

Current city: London

mtart.agency

I have been working in the art world for the past eight years. An advocate for artists since a young age, I managed my first art gallery in Los Angeles at age 23 and finally created my current business, MTArt Agency, to promote the artists she believed in across the globe. MTArt is the first artist agency in the world, the agency specialises in talent management: building, growing and accelerating careers while financing the studio costs of its artists.

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