Dani Levinas
(Buenos Aires, Argentina 1948 )
Dani Levinas is the chairman of the board of The Phillips Collection, the first modern art museum in the United States, founded by Duncan Phillips in 1921.
He also serves on the board of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and previously held a seat on the board of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of Washington D.C.
Levinas regularly participates in conversations and conferences about art, collecting, and trends in the contemporary art world including guest lecturer role teaching a course titled “The art industry” at the Universidad Europea of Madrid.
He is a regular contributor to El Pais, the Spanish newspaper, about art and patronage.
Levinas has organized exhibitions including one featuring Argentinian artist Leon Ferrari at the Arlington Art Center in Virginia as well as Argentina In Focus: Cristian Segura / Sergio Vega at the Museum of the Americas in Washington D.C.
Levinas is a contemporary art collector together with his wife, Mirella, a member of the Reina Sofia Museum board. Their collection is international with a large focus on Latin American artists.
Press
Revista Bocas, July 2023
The collector of collectors
Infobae, April 2023
Dani Levinas: “Me preocupa más el arte robado o sacado del país sin permiso que la cancelación”
El País, March 2023
Dani Levinas, el coleccionista de arte al que las mayores fortunas del mundo confían sus secretos (no solo artísticos)
La Nacion, March 2023
Dani Levinas: “Coleccionar es un vicio: si vas a empezar no vas a poder parar”
Hoy Es Arte, March 2023
«El coleccionista es feliz cuando puede mostrar lo que tiene»
Vanity Fair España, February 2023
En ARCO 2023, los coleccionistas saltan al primer plano: hablamos con algunos de los más importantes
ABC, February 2023
Dani Levinas: «La gente joven está ocupada en hacer dinero, no en coleccionar»
Vanity Fair España, February 2020
Dani Levinas, premiado por ARCO: "Coleccionar arte es un vicio"
New York Times, January 2020
Show Us Your Wall: An Art-Lover Alert to the Voice and the Tap on the Shoulder
Washington Post, July 2019
When artists cry out about human tragedy, it’s not politics