Louise Thérèse Blouin (born 1958/59) is a Canadian magazine publisher. She is the owner of

Louise Blouin Media Louise Blouin Media is an art magazine and book publishing company based in New York City. Founded by Louise Blouin,. Archived March 18, 2006. it publishes the magazines '' Art+Auction'', ''Gallery Guide'' and ''Modern Painters''. It owns , a ...

, which she founded.

Early life and education

Blouin was born in the suburbs of

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, in

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, Canada, the sixth child of parents who owned an

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age. Her father died when she was fifteen. She studied

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, and later transferred to

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. She did not graduate.

Career

Blouin worked as a

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and as a

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. She later married

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and the couple acquired ''Auto Hebdo'', a

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car trading magazine, in 1987. The business grew into Trader Classified Media. Although the couple separated in 2000, Blouin did not sell her remaining shareholding until 2004. After the separation she became CEO of the London auction house

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, owned by her new companion Simon de Pury; in December 2002, after a year, she resigned. She started

in 2003 and moved into art publications. In 2005 Blouin started the Louise T. Blouin Foundation, an international organization for creativity and the arts.Felicia R. Lee (2 May 2005)
A New Arts Foundation with a Focus on Creativity
''

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''. In October 2006 the foundation opened the Louise T. Blouin Institute in

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in west

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. Blouin married Mathew Kabatoff, who worked for the Louise Blouin Foundation, in France in June 2011. In 2016, her name appeared in the

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as registered owner of five companies in the

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. She commented, "I didn't even know. It is not relevant. It is not because you are in the Panama list that you did something wrong. You are the one informing me about that. You can't assume everyone with a BVI ompanyhas done something wrong".

Personal life

In the early 1980s, Blouin married David MacDonald Stewart, a member of the Canadian

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family. The marriage was annulled within a year. In 1987, Blouin married

. Blouin lives in Switzerland.

Recognition

In 1993 Blouin was one of approximately 200 "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" listed by the

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, a Swiss foundation.

References

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