MILAN — Wearing her signature bespoke silk turban, Milan design doyenne Nina Yashar articulated how a performance illustrating her gallery ‘s 10-year lifespan will come to life.
On Tuesday, she will celebrate the first decade of Nilufar Depot’s existence with a live show by her friend, London-based designer Martino Gamper, in the atrium of her well-known space. “Gamper will interact with midcentury furniture and recreate new stories with materials that become something brand new,” she said.
With its two locations — one on Viale Lancetti, and her historic gallery on Via della Spiga — Nilufar has helped build the success of both established and new designers by housing their creations under her roof. Over the last four decades Yashar, the daughter of a Persian antique carpet