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New CEO joining VIP Art Fair from $500M e-commerce company

NEW YORK, N.Y.- VIP Art Fair, the world’s first contemporary art fair held exclusively online, announces the appointment of Lisa Kennedy as Chief Executive Officer. With an impeccable record of more than 15 years of leadership and innovation in Internet Commerce and Media, Kennedy was most recently Executive Vice President at Quidsi Inc, one of the fastest growing Internet retailers of consumer products in the U.S. as parent company of Soap.com and Diapers.com. There, she was responsible for growing revenues nearly tenfold from $30M, culminating in an acquisition by Amazon for $540M. “VIP Art Fair is poised for growth and I am excited to be part of it,” Kennedy says. “Already, as first mover, VIP Art Fair is a proven platform for galleries to interact with their clients in the digital space. I look forward to combining my passion for innovation with my experience building consumer-driven companies to