He credits the gallerist with introducing him to some of the time’s most groundbreaking artists, such as Sarah Lucas, Tracey Emin and Richard Prince, and continuing to do so ever since. In 1980s London, as the Young British Art movement was causing shockwaves on the cultural landscape, Testino met the influential Sadie Coles. Mario Testino bought his first photograph a third of a century ago-a portrait of Vivien Leigh by surrealist photographer Angus McBean-and has been collecting insatiably ever since. At last, we are getting a glimpse of what he has been shrewdly amassing over all these years.
In order to raise funds to expand the museum’s program, he is kicking off Sotheby’s auction season with the sale of more than 400 works from his personal art collection.
The most celebrated fashion photographer of our time has been inspiring the world for decades-so what is it exactly that inspires him? With a deep-rooted love for his native Peru and a desire to broaden the country’s international cultural dialogues, Mario Testino founded Museum Mario Testino (MATE) in Lima in 2012.
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