A former head of a plastics business and a business consultancy, Patrcia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is the chairman of an art foundation and its exhibition space is Turin, designed by Claudio Silvesterin.
She is known to be holding the largest collection of British contemporary art, outside the UK, with works by hip artists like Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Tony Cragg, and Richard Deacon.
Patricia also buys artworks by young Italian artists, woman artists, and American artists, including Doug Aitken.