Alex Dellal is a Cape Town born British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 Curator

Curator

A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...

 and owner of 20 Hoxton Square

20 Hoxton Square

20 Projects formerly 20 Hoxton Square Projects, is an east London art gallery run by Alex Dellal. Launched in 2007, 20 Projects is a collaborative project space, operating as a platform for emerging contemporary artists, whilst also acting as a creative hub for collaborative and independent...

, a large gallery space opposite the White Cube

White Cube

White Cube is a contemporary art gallery designed by MRJ Rundell & Associates in Hoxton Square in the East End of London Mason's Yard, in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London...

.

His father, Guy, is a London-based property mogul, his mother is Brazilian former Yves Saint Laurent model Andrea de Magalhaes Viera and the photographer Mario Testino

Mario Testino

-Early Life:Testino grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. When he was young he wanted to be a priest. Testino recalls being unpopular at school because of his flamboyance. He was good at math and went on to study economics at Universidad del Pacífico, where his insistence on wearing...

 is his godfather. He is the grandson of Jack Dellal

Jack Dellal

Jack Dellal is a London-based property investor reportedly worth GBP £480 million in 2009. It was £580 million in 2008. These recent figures were significantly lower than a 2005 estimate by The Evening Standard, which ranked Dellal as a billionaire...

, brother of model Alice Dellal

Alice Dellal

Alice Dellal is a British model. She is associated with Next Model Management. Daughter of Brazilian model mother, Andrea, and her father, Guy Dellal, Alice is an heiress to a property tycoon, grandfather 'Black' Jack Dellal...

, he also has an older sister Charlotte and a younger brother Max. He grew up between the UK and Brazil and attended 13 schools including a two-and-a-half-year stint at Bedales School.

External links

• http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting+%2526+drawing/art68966
• http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23723577-art-throbs-vito-schnabel-and-alex-dellal.do