Terry de Gunzburg: "Collecting Should Be Fun"

Published on 03 July 2017, by Éric Jansen

"Collecting should be fun" goes the mantra of the star make-up artist and collector Terry de Gunzburg, who is opening a new store in Paris.

Terry de Gunzburg's New York apartment was decorated with the help of Jacques Grange,... Terry de Gunzburg:

Terry de Gunzburg's New York apartment was decorated with the help of Jacques Grange, and houses works by Francis Bacon, Serge Poliakoff, Georg Baselitz, Alexander Calder and, as shown here, Gilbert & George.
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Between her residences in London, New York and Paris, Terry de Gunzburg leads a highly appealing lifestyle mingling luxury, art and beauty. Many women are familiar with her beauty brand, By Terry. In the space of twenty years, the make-up artist, born into a wealthy Cairo family who fled Egypt in 1956, has transformed her experience into a success story. "I grew up with an intense love for museums and culture (…). I started off studying medicine, then I moved to Fine Arts. An aesthetics course with the Carita Sisters one summer changed my life completely," she tells the Gazette. Today, she is refurbishing her…

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