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LEADING LIGHTS

Hossein Valamanesh

1949–2022

Drawing on the culture and environments of his birthplace in Iran and adoptive home of Australia, Hossein Valamanesh explored the intertwining of love, spirituality, and nature in installations and mixed-media works. His retrospective “Puisque tout passe (This will also pass)” was held in 2021 at the Institut des Cultures d’Islam in Paris.

Budi Tek

1957–2022

Budiardjo “Budi” Tek was a Chinese-Indonesian industrialist and art collector behind the

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