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Perry Roy Rubenstein (January 15, 1954 – July 21, 2022) was an American gallerist. He also worked as a private art advisor. In these roles, he supported and guided people who were interested in collecting art. He was known for his involvement in the art world through both galleries and personal advisory work. Perry Roy Rubenstein was born on January 15, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Samuel Rubenstein and Lydia Rubenstein. He was raised by his stepfather, Edwin Virshup, who ran a distribution company, and both sides of his grandparents came from Ukraine’s Odessa Oblast. After graduating high school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Pennsylvania State University in May 1975. After graduating from Penn State, Perry Rubenstein moved to Milan and started working in the fashion industry, where he was scouted to model for Gianni Versace and later booked jobs worldwide while collecting art. He returned to the U.S. in the early 1980s and became deeply involved in New York’s downtown art scene, using his art connections to work as an advisor to collectors and artists, before opening a successful gallery in 2004. He later expanded to Los Angeles in 2011, but struggled to establish himself there and closed his gallery in 2014, then returned to private art advisory. In 2016, he was charged with embezzlement connected to the sale of artworks. In 2017, he entered a no-contest plea, agreed to repay the money, and was sentenced to six months in prison. On June 27, 1996, Perry Rubenstein married Sara Fitzmaurice in an interfaith ceremony at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. They had two daughters: Raffaella Rae in 2002 and Scarlett James in 2006, both born in New York. Rubenstein died of natural causes on July 21, 2022, in Los Angeles.