Ekaterina Semenikhin
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Ekaterina Semenikhin | |
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| Born | Ekaterina Gvishiani 4 December 1971 |
| Education | Moscow State University |
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| Spouse | Vladimir Semenikhin |
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Ekaterina Alekseyevna Semenikhin (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Семенихина; born 4 December 1971) is a Russian art collector, philanthropist, economist and honorary consul.[1] Semenikhin is the co-founder of the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation and the Honorary Consul of Russia in the Principality of Monaco.[2] Her father is Alexei Gvishiani, a well-known scientist.
As of the early 2000s, Semenikhin, with her husband Vladimir Semenikhin, has co-founded a foundation to promote the arts in Russia and has, through it, supported exhibitions at State museums and galleries. The foundation was named The Ekaterina Cultural Foundation.[3] It has conducted international exhibitions such as the Knave of Diamonds avant-gardist exhibition in 2004 in the Tretyakov Gallery and in the Russian Museum in St Petersbourg. In 2005, they have opened the first private exhibition halls in the center of Moscow. Since then, it has hosted venues such as the Grace Kelly exhibition in 2009 .[4] The Semenikhins are also considered as one of Russia's leading art collectors and are believed to have one of the largest private art collections.[5] Semenikhin has encouraged the development of the arts in Russia by hosting exhibitions of Russian painters from the avant-garde movement.[6]