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LIFESTYLE

‘I’m a struggling minimalist. I love

things that are pure and simple,
but I’m always going to muck
it up by adding too much stuff’

by these acclaimed British artists. ‘The market has eaten them up.’
For Robin, who is mercurial by nature, this shift has worked in
his favour: ‘I can’t stay focused and I don’t want to stay focused.
I’m fascinated by everything – design, contemporary, nineteenth
century, the list goes on.’ His gallery on Hill Street in Mayfair neatly
encapsulates this approach. The Katz family moved into the space
last summer when the landlord sold their previous premises on Bond
Street. ‘We were forced out, but it was a blessing in disguise.’ Robin’s
space is ‘a home away from home’ and stretches across the fourth
floor of an Edwardian town house; his father occupies the bottom
two floors and Ariadne Galleries is on the floor in between them.
The move reflects what Robin calls a ‘shift in gravity’. As Bond
Street – the traditional stomping ground of dealers – makes way
for glossy flagship fashion stores, the art world is having to

OPPOSITE The dining area of Robin’s flat in Holland Park is furnished with a
Rick Owens table and chairs by Pierre Jeanneret. THIS PAGE ANTICLOCKWISE
FROM TOP A large photograph by Walead Beshty hangs above Studio Drift’s
Fragile Future sculptures from Carpenters Workshop Gallery in the sitting room.
Robin plays the guitar in the sitting area, which has built-in shelving (bottom right)