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She has a reputation for integrity amongst clients; one of them, Arthur Goldberg, said, "She's a real quality person. That goes somewhere in the art world, where not every dealer can be trusted." She is widely known within the art world but less so outside it, and has been described as "the quiet
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woman of British art". In 2001, despite her success, she rejected identification with the art establishment, saying "I like to think I still take risks in the gallery with younger artists. To me, 'establishment' just means dull."
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art teacher. She married businessman Warren Miro and had a son (Oliver) and daughter (Alex) in the 1970s. She says she lost the creative urge during this period because she was "immersed in family".
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grocery stall. Her parents were keen on culture and saved, so the family could take holidays in Italy to see the art there. She went to school at
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Two of her babysitters at that time were a couple who later became well-known artists,
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In 1985, when her children were old enough, she started her first gallery in
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Miro was born into a Jewish working-class family in London. Her father ran a
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In October 2013, Miro launched her second art gallery in London, known as
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Index

OBE
Britart
Victoria Miro Galleries
Covent Garden
Copthall grammar school
Slade School of Fine Art
secondary school
Cork Street
Robert Fraser
square foot
East London
Jake Chapman
Sam Taylor-Wood
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Royal College of Art
Peter Doig
Chris Ofili
Cecily Brown
Chantal Joffe
Thomas Demand
Goldsmiths
Victoria Miro Mayfair
Victoria Miro Venice
"New Year's Honours 2018"
Gov.uk
Government Digital Service
The Guardian
"Go see... the Victoria Miro gallery"
The Observer

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