A peek inside the art gallery home of Telstra's CEO
From blank canvas to masterpiece, Andrew Penn and his partner Kallie Blauhorn take buying artworks to a new level in their newly completed house.
Art takes precedence in the new home of Telstra CEO Andy Penn and his wife Kallie Blauhorn. Seen here are Chen Ping's 'Lonely Cloud Gordon River'; Kate Bergin's 'The Venetian Room'; Vicki Cullinan's 'Stars in the Night Sky'. Tom Blachford
“We wanted a space where art comes first and living second,” says Kallie Blauhorn of her recently completed home in Prahran, Melbourne. It was a bold brief, which has resulted in a majestic, three-storey art-filled bunker nestled within an early-20th century industrial edifice.
On the mid-March day I visit – when visiting was still a thing, though air-kissing déclassé – Blauhorn, who is chair of The Trustee for Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) Foundation, ushers me across the red-brick facade, through a tiny courtyard vestibule and into the concrete expanse of an open-plan ground floor.
Stephen ToddDesign editorStephen Todd writes for The Australian Financial Review's weekly Life&Leisure lift out and AFR Magazine. Email Stephen at stephen.todd@afr.com
