Conversation with Mila Askarova
Ceo & Founder, Gazelli Art House
If you were to give advice to your younger self, what would it be?
You'll make mistakes, don't be so hard on yourself but learn from them.
Tell us about a woman, well-known or not, whom you admire and why.
My mother for her drive and generosity, wisdom and positivity!
Do you collect art?
Yes, but often I find it being a conflict of interest in that when I look at a work that I consider buying, I often think why are we not working with the artist as a gallery. And most of the artists we work with as a gallery, I feel collecting their work might make me even more biased when advising clients! I think it is important to have a certain degree of separation between the collector's role and a gallerist's - although now it seems the distinction is blurred.