‘Dubai is a city that changes day by day, full of people from different cultures with bright, positive, creative minds’
Alejandra Castro Rioseco doesn’t do things by halves. The Chilean philanthropist is the owner of more than 900 artworks by women, one of the largest such collections that exists. Her “treasures” – when not on loan to major museums – sit alongside masterpieces by Botero, Miró and Matisse in her family’s spectacular Dubai apartment, which has stunning views of the Museum of the Future, named the most beautiful building in the world, and the Burj Khalifa, its tallest.
Alejandra is in the vanguard of a new generation of socially conscious collectors. “The institute I’ve created, MIA Art Collection, doesn’t just bring together works by women, it fights for the rights of female artists,” she enthuses, explaining how she shares her passion through exhibitions – physical
