Mamadou-Abou Sarr is the founder and President of V-Square Quantitative Management, a global asset management firm headquartered in Chicago, and a leader in the field of sustainable investing and financial innovation. He is actively involved in a number of philanthropic and civic activities around the world including a member of the Board of Trustees at the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of the Museum Council at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. He is also a French Foreign Trade Advisor, appointed by decree of the Prime Minister of France. Mamadou and his wife Catherine, established The SARR Collection; a collection with a large focus on contemporary photography that also includes painting and sculpture by established and emerging artists. The collection illustrates the Sarrs’ belief in supporting and empowering artists in the early stages of their practices. The collection also gives an annual award to three students from Les Beaux-Arts Paris in recognition for excellence in a body of artistic work.
Mamadou-Abou Sarr
1964
Philip Johnson commissioned Warhol to make a large-scale work for the exterior for his pavilion for the New York World’s Fair, along with other artists. Warhol’s provocative response, a multiple portrait of ‘Most Wanted Men’ was installed a few days before the opening but was deemed too inflammatory and contrary to the upbeat image of the World’s Fair and the work was taken down.