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Jun 26, 2012 6:00 AM EDT
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Eye Of The Beholder: 3 Pros Show Us How To Love (& Live With) Art
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How much of your collection is displayed at any given time? How do you store the rest?
"Less than half of my art is on display, and I am counting the wall and ceiling murals in that. My art is stored all over the place! I had the bathtub taken out of my second bathroom and replaced with art storage racks. I also have smaller pieces boxed in plastic containers in my basement storage unit. There are also a couple of large pieces still hanging in my old condo where my ex still lives!"

What do you say to someone who loves a piece, but is hesitant to buy it because they don't have space to hang it?
"If you love it, buy it. Any experienced art collector will tell you that the only regrets you will have are about art works you didn't buy. If you don't have enough wall space, then all you have to do is rotate your art collection. I just rotated my art and now my home looks completely different. I missed seeing all of the pieces that had been in storage. Some of the pieces had never even been hung before!"


Photographed by Sebastian Marin