Modern Art Is Not Like Marmite. It's Not a Case of Loving It or Hating It ; Kirstie Allsopp, Star of Tv's Location, Location, Location, Tells Why She Supports the Tate Gallery Charitable Foundation and a Little- Known Charity Called Camfed

Evening Standard - London › December 13, 2004

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ME AND MY CHARITY

AS A child, our house was full of art. My father was chairman of Christie's so art was part of our life. There were old masters, bits of sculpture and furniture that I loved - and other things I hated.

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Modern Art Is Not Like Marmite. It's Not a Case of Loving It or Hating It ; Kirstie Allsopp, Star of Tv's Location, Location, Location, Tells Why She Supports the Tate Gallery Charitable Foundation and a Little- Known Charity Called Camfed

I often went to see Dad take sales and found it very exciting. Sometimes my brother and I would sit in the front row and we would have to be very still. My mother convinced us that if we so much as blinked we would end up bidding on somethin...

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