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Yana Peel’s first visit to Hong Kong in 2009 involved a brush with its rich cinematic history when she attended a wedding at Shaw Studios. Fourteen years on, in her capacity as Chanel’s global head of art and culture, Peel is spearheading a new partnership between the brand and the M+ museum, announced in July this year, focused on preserving and developing film as a medium.
Peel was appointed to her current position in 2020, and subsequently launched the Chanel culture fund in 2021, one of the functions of which is to facilitate partnerships with leading cultural institutions around the world and create new programming that benefits and supports creative and cultural went to Hollywood to make costumes for the silver screen. “As a house, there is an incredible legacy of support and alliances with film,” Peel says, adding, “It’s supportive of inspiring the craft of the moving image and really creating conditions for artists to dare, while activating history to define the future.”
