Billionaire Julian Robertson’s $181m art collection is heading to NZ

Billionaire Julian Robertson’s $181m art collection is heading to NZ
In 2009, Robertson loaned this Picasso for an Auckland Art Gallery exhibition. (Image: NZME)
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By Ainsley ThomsonA $181 million art collection that belonged to Tiger Management founder Julian Robertson will soon be removed from the billionaire’s Manhattan living room and sent to New Zealand.The bequest includes 15 masterpieces by artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. It was promised to the Auckland Art Gallery in 2009 by Robertson and his late wife Josie upon their deaths, and was selected by the gallery from the couple’s wider collection.Robertson, who died last month at 90, was one of t...

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