Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller

Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller is the founder and president of Leila Heller Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in New York and Dubai with a curatorial emphasis on bridging the gap between the East and the West. Heller received her B.A. in Art History and French Literature from Brown University and her Masters degree in Art from Sotheby’s Institute in London, as well as a second Masters degree in Art History and Museum Management from George Washington University. Heller then became the art curator of an investment bank in New York before opening her own gallery in New York in 1982. Leila Heller Gallery was the first gallery in the United States to feature primarily Middle Eastern artists. In November 2015 Leila Heller Gallery opened its first international location on Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue. Leila Heller has written numerous articles and has given talks on the topic of Middle Eastern art at Brown University, LACMA, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Guggenheim in New York, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and Christies and Sotheby’s, amongst others. Leila Heller has been featured in and interviewed for many publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Canvas Magazine, Art News, Art in America, Barrons, Forbes, Financial Times, and more.