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Collectors Come in All Sizes

December 13, 2009 by Marion Maneker

Richard Kay is a gossip columnist for the Daily Mail. He turns up this unlikely art collector:

Holding an exhibition of her collection: Florence Brudenell-BruceUntil now, she has been known for disrobing as a lingerie model and being the ex-girlfriend of Formula 1 champion Jenson Button. But behind her stunning looks, Florence Brudenell-Bruce has been hiding a more high-minded pursuit.

For since graduating from Bristol University in history of art three years ago she has been busily building her own art collection. Now the 23-year-old, who is known as Flee, is ready to display her pieces of modern British art in a salon she is holding next week at the Old Bond Street gallery of Robin Katz  –  son of millionaire art dealer Daniel Katz.

Stowe-educated Flee, daughter of Old Etonian wine merchant Andrew Brudenell-Bruce, tells me: ‘Modelling and acting are what I do, but they can be such a rollercoaster, whereas art is lovely to have in my life as a constant. ‘I am obsessed with it. Whenever I finish a shoot, I come home with another piece under my arm.

‘My dad is a collector, so I followed him. I get more pleasure out of collecting art than buying clothes  –  that’s how I justify it.’

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