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...“I’m trying to create a pathway for people like me, to be able to see what is possible and to be able to be in those rooms [where deals are done].”...
...Josep M Colomer Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC, US...
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...Estrellita B Brodsky is a collector, a curator, a philanthropist and a champion of Latin American art....
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...“I’m in my element.”...
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