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What to do when your art collection gets so big you no longer have room to display it in your home? Why, build a private gallery of course. Such is the solution found by Cate Blanchett, who has secured permission to create a dedicated art building at her English East Sussex estate.
Despite being best known as one of the most respected actresses of her generation (she’s won no less than two Oscars, three BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes), Blanchett is something of an art world cognoscenti. The
Times reports that she has a degree in fine art and an eye for contemporary works; and was once described by Tony Preston, a Melbourne auctioneer, as a ‘sophisticated and informed’ collector.