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department chain store which sells fashion and clothing. In 2015, Aïshti opened the Aïshti
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Tony Salamé is a
Lebanese Italian businessman and art collector, as well as the CEO and Chairman of Aishti. Salamé opened the first Aishti store in 1989. In 1995, he built Aishti into Lebanon's foremost luxury department store with a flagship store in Beirut's Downtown Souks, with affiliated
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Salamé owns around 2,500 works by over 150 artists. He works closely with New York art dealer
Jeffrey Deitch, and began buying art in 2003, first acquiring Arte Povera works by Penone, Lucio Fontana and others. Around 200 works were selected for the opening show entitled New Skin, curated by
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Aïshti by the Sea includes luxury brands such as
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According to Gioni, the associate director and director of exhibitions at the New Museum in New York, there has been “a sudden acceleration of the collection in the past ten years." The main focus of his collection is 21st century art.
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Studio. The foundation building will showcase works from Aïshti CEO Tony Salamé's 2,000-strong personal art collection as well as a variety of high end luxury retail shops. The building took three years to complete.
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