Eleesa Dadiani
Dadiani Fine Art
Dadiani Fine Art
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In 2014 Dadiani founded Dadiani Fine Art, in London's [Mayfair](/wiki/Mayfair "Mayfair") district to promote her father's art collection, but, due to EU sanctions, was unable to ship the works from Russia to the UK. She therefore started putting on her own exhibitions and describes herself as an art dealer "almost by accident".

In January 2018 Dadiani Fine Art exhibited British artists [Paul Wager](/wiki/Paul_Wager "Paul Wager"), [Michael Sandle](/wiki/Michael_Sandle "Michael Sandle") and [David Mach](/wiki/David_Mach "David Mach") with pieces available for sale exclusively in cryptocurrency. Dadiani Fine Art thereby became the first art gallery in UK to sell pieces of art in cryptocurrency and the first gallery in the world to sell art exclusively in cryptocurrency.

Artists to have been exhibited at Dadiani Fine Art include [Nicholas Roerich](/wiki/Nicholas_Roerich "Nicholas Roerich"), [Ivan Aivazovsky](/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky "Ivan Aivazovsky"), [William S. Burroughs](/wiki/William_S._Burroughs "William S. Burroughs"), [Natalia Goncharova](/wiki/Natalia_Goncharova "Natalia Goncharova"), [Cecil Beaton](/wiki/Cecil_Beaton "Cecil Beaton"), [Norman Toynton](/wiki/Norman_Toynton "Norman Toynton") and [Keith Milow](/wiki/Keith_Milow "Keith Milow"), [Philipp Humm](/wiki/Philipp_Humm "Philipp Humm").


Is Dadiani Fine Art the first gallery to sell art exclusively in cryptocurrency?