The Robertson Gift: masterpieces that will take your breath away

The Robertson Gift: masterpieces that will take your breath away
Pablo Picasso's Femme à la résille (Woman in a hairnet, 1938). (Image: BusinessDesk)
Helen van Berkel
It’s hard to imagine living in a world where you can have a Mondrian hanging casually on your wall. On another wall, you might have a Matisse, another a Picasso, yet another a Monet. This was a world inhabited by Julian and Josephine "Josie" Robertson, billionaires and philanthropists who fell in love with New Zealand on a visit in the 1970s. Until their deaths in 2022 and 2010, respectively, they split their lives between our green isles and the ochre towers of downtown New York.  And through the couple...

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