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After school at Eton and graduating from Edinburgh University Jopling began by dealing post-war American art. In 1991 probably the most significant event of Jopling's career occurred as Jopling formed a friendship with the artist Damien Hirst. In terms of background the two could not have been more dissimilar but Hirst had grown up in Leeds and Jopling, the son of Lord Jopling, Thatcher's Agriculture Minister, had family connections in the area. Hirst had already sold a number of works to the influential collector Charles Saatchi but was having difficulty financing the production of new work which Jopling then arranged. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a prestigious independent school for boys. ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Damien Hirst (born 7th June 1965 in Bristol) is a British artist and probably the most famous of the group that has been dubbed Young British Artists (or YBAs). ... Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Charles Saatchi, born June 10, 1943, is the co-founder of advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi. ...

Initially Jopling only supported a small list of artists including Hirst and Marc Quinn organising exhibitions in warehouses. In 1993 he opened White Cube as a blue chip gallery in St. James's, London. In 2000 the gallery moved to a larger space in Hoxton. Along the way Jopling acquired representation of a formidable list of young British artists including his wife Sam Taylor-Wood, the Chapman Brothers, Tracey Emin and Anthony Gormley. Self - 1991 You may also be looking for the America baseball player Mark Quinn Marc Quinn (born 1964) is a British artist, probably best known for Self, a sculpture of his own head made from his own frozen blood, and Alison Lapper Pregnant, a statue of Alison Lapper currently installed... Cite error 4; Invalid call; no input specified 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... White Cube is a contemporary art venue in Hoxton in the East End of London. ... St. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Hoxton (origin Hocs farm) is an area of London (UK) in the London Borough of Hackney, immediately north of the financial district of the City of London. ... Young British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists based in the United Kingdom, most (though not all) of whom attended Goldsmiths College in London. ... Sam Taylor-Wood (born London 1967) is a contemporary artist working mostly in video and photography. ... Jake Chapman (born 1966) and Dinos Chapman (born 1962) are brothers and British artists who work almost exclusively in collaboration with each other. ... Tracey Emin (born 3 July 1963) is a British artist, one of the so-called Young British Artists (YBAs). ... Angel of the North Antony Gormley (born 1950) is an English sculptor. ...

With his trademark rectangular frame glasses and Savile Row suits Jopling is often portrayed as a svengali figure moulding and manipulating his artists and the market. While he is one of the most successful British gallerists in recent history this is more a result of his astute business sense. Jopling has the knack for picking up artists for whom there is already an established market such as Hirst or encouraging artists with established pedigree to become more market friendly. Savile Row Savile Row Savile Row is a road in the City of Westminster in central London that runs parallel to Regent Street between Conduit Street at the northern end and Vigo Street at the southern. ... Svengali is the name of a fictional hypnotist in George Du Mauriers 1894 novel, Trilby. ...

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• Photographic portrait by Harry Borden at the National Portrait Gallery.