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Meet Allegra LaViola, Juror and Host of the Academy’s Seventh Annual Summer Exhibition

By Maggie Mead Images courtesy of Allegra LaViola Gallery   Asked what gave her the confidence to start her own contemporary art gallery in 2008, Allegra LaViola rolled her eyes and smiled. “Naivete,” she said. “Stupidity.” Back in 2007, when she made the decision, selling art seemed easy. The economy was booming, and paintings were flying off the walls of… Read More