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"We've entered the era of philanthropists like Komal Shah, who are redefining what it means to support the arts."
That's the bold assertion of the Los Angeles Times in a profile of the 49-year-old Silicon Valley venture capitalist and her art collection, which she and her husband, film director Komal Shah, put on display in November at New York City's Guggenheim Museum.
It was followed in November by an eponymous exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, and in March, the Shah Garg Collection hit the road again, this time at New York's Guggenheim Museum, where it's on display through March 28.
It's the culmination of a decade of "consistent engagement and dedication for others to see what she was doing and emulate it," writes the Times, which calls Shah "a real need today for more positive role models for future philanthropists in the arts."
It's not just that Shah is "young, glamorous, and even a little bit sexy," writes the Times.
"The point is that Shah had dedicating herself to the arts long before much of the world took notice."
She first became a trustee of the Asia Art Museum in San Francisco 12 years ago, and since then, Read the Entire Article
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