[2] In 1998 the Deste Foundation moved to its first permanent space, a former paper factory in Neo Psychiko redesigned by American architect Christian Hubert.

At the Deste Foundation, overviews of the Dakis Collection have been presented by curators like Massimiliano Gioni and Jeffrey Deitch.

[6][7] In 2014, Pawel Althamer turned the exhibition space into a toy house, with puppets resembling his and his patron’s family members, down to hair styles and tattoos.

He chartered a plane from Art Basel that year for collectors, curators, dealers and artists as part of the cultural program around the Olympics.

In 2010, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York showcased the foundation's collection in a three-story exhibition, with Jeff Koons as the guest curator.