Art
Diament has mentioned in interviews that another passion for him is modern and contemporary art. He is a patron of public art spaces in London including South London Gallery, Chisenhale Gallery, The Showroom, Studio Voltaire, Camden Arts Centre where he supports the Outset Residency Programme, and also Institute of Contemporary Arts, performing live at their 2010 fundraising gala.
He is an art collector with a keen interest particularly in women in art. Between 2008-2012, Diament loaned works from his collection by artists such as Tracey Emin to public galleries in Europe including Tate Britain, Hayward Gallery, Turner Contemporary, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga and Kunstmuseum Bern. In June 2011, Modern Painters magazine listed Diament as one of their 50 under 50, an annual list of young art collectors from around the world.
In 2010, Diament began working as a gallerist with Carl Freedman Gallery, a contemporary art gallery based in East London.
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