Focus on contemporary art, politics and nonprofits. Former CEO and Co-Founder of Blogit, Electrifier and ArtLinked. Co-author of the Dual City (Oxford University Press). Appeared in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, Artnet News, and the Art Newspaper.
Served as National Finance Chair, Will Rollins for Congress 2024, one of the top R2B (Red to Blue) congressional challengers. Raised the highest amount ($12M+) in the history of California congressional politics. Previously served as Technology Co-Chair for John Edwards for President 2008.
Until 2022, First Chair of the Hammer Museum’s Board of Advisors. Current Member of International Patrons at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Rice University’s Public Art Committee. Former Board Member of SITE Santa Fe, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, GLAAD, and Harvard Alumni Association. Former Member, International Leadership Council at the New Museum; Rhizome Council at the New Museum; Contemporary Art Council at MoMA as well as the CAC Fund for Contemporary Art; and, Media Arts Committee at SFMOMA.
Collect contemporary art with an emphasis on abstraction, text, conceptual photography, and media arts, including Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim, Wolfgang Tillmans, Liz Deschenes, Lisa Oppenheim, Analia Saban, Marilyn Minter, EJ Hill, Jim Campbell, Leo Villareal, Olafur Eliasson, John McCracken, and Trevor Paglen.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihail/.