New York in June 2012. The project was presented in its entirety in the exhibition "DESTEFASHIONCOLLECTION: 1 to 8" at the Benaki Museum in Athens in 2014 and at The Bass in Miami, FL in 2018. The Dakis Joannou Collection over time, has been composed of works by a variety of both established and emerging artists, including: Paweł Althamer, Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Ashley Bickerton, Maurizio Cattelan, Paul Chan, Roberto Cuoghi, Marcel Duchamp, Haris Epaminonda, Urs Fischer, Robert Gober, Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, Elad Lassry, Mike Kelley, Joseph Kosuth, Mark Manders, Paul McCarthy, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Chris Ofili, Charles Ray, Josh Smith, Kiki Smith, Christiana Soulou, Haim Steinbach, Kaari Upson, Andra Ursuta, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, Andro Wekua, Christopher Wool, and Jakub Julian Ziolkowski. Works from the extensive collection have appeared in a number of major museums and art institutions around the world. A notable exhibition took place at New York City's New Museum in 2009 named Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection. Memberships Joannou is a member of the board of trustees at the New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York; a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where he also served on the Committee on Painting and Sculpture and the Library Council; and a member of the International Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has also been a founding member of the International Directors' Council at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, where he served as president between 1995 and 2005, and now serves as an Honorary Member. He is a member of the International Council of Tate, London, having also served as President of the Tate Modern Council between 2005 and 2008, and a member of the International Council of the Design Museum, London. DESTE Foundation The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, established in Geneva in 1983, is a non-profit institution. DESTE's exhibition program promotes both emerging and established artists. A second location, the DESTE Project Space Slaughterhouse is located on the Greek island of Hydra. The DESTE Foundation has organized, in collaboration with the respective institutions, the exhibitions Urs Fischer - False Friends at the Museum of Art and History, Geneva in 2016; Skin Fruit at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York in 2010; Dream and Trauma at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna in 2007; and Translation at the Palais