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Sarah Sze's Triplepoint Pendulum GLENN SCOTT WRIGHT The co-director of London's Victoria Miro gallery played an integral role in brokering the collaboration between Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs in 2012. The partnership is credited as being the largest between art and fashion, encompassing leather goods, ready to wear and accessories featuring Kusama's distinct polka dots. The luxury brand also sponsored a retrospective of the acclaimed artist's work at the Tate Modern to coincide with the collaboration. Over the past two and a half decades, Scott Wright has worked with some of the most respected international artists, including Chris Ofili, Kara Walker, Celia Paul, and of course, Kusama who he brought into Victoria Miro Gallery in 1997. 200 CULTURED "I am a trustee of The BOTTleTOp FOuNdaTION, the fashion label that works to empower disadvantaged young people through health education and vocational training projects in fashion, art and music—so great design that truly gives back." "This summer's exhibition calendar will be dominated by the VeNIce BIeNNale; the entire art world is excited to see how Okwui enwezor's vision will help to shape the way we see art in years to come. In particular, I'm excited to see Isaac Julien, Wangechi mutu, chris Ofili and sarah sze, who are all being shown in "all the World's Futures." "I travel to Tokyo several times a year to visit Kusama. While there, in addition to soaking in all of the art, I have been introduced to the extraordinary depth and range of Japanese cuisine. That's something we rarely experience in london." "I'm looking forward to Kara WalKer's collaboration with Teatro la Fenice to direct and design a new production of Norma for the venerable Venetian opera house—a much anticipated event for this summer's Venice Biennale." Chris Ofili's "Frogs in the Shade," 2014, at David Zwirner Yayoi Kusama's Bronze Pumpkins La Fenice Opera House