How Kate Lee and Clovis Lima Jr. Are Connecting the Creative Cultures of Asia and Latin America

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Kate Lee and Clovis Lima Jr., founders of the new 603 Arts Foundation, belong to this group. Lee met Lima Jr. in London, where Meta relocated her after a period in Seattle. Trained as a designer in Brazil, Lima Jr. was working as a front-end engineer for the company and they ended up on the same team. Among them also hangs a small Miró aquatint—a playful illustration from a poetry book and the only work Lee acquired at auction. Lima Jr. grew up near Salvador, later moving to the city for university before living in São Paulo for a period.