Art classics framed with flying colours

Anthony Grant with his Orange Prince.

Anthony Grant is having fun with framing. After a lifetime of collecting a vast and wildly eclectic selection of art, the Auckland barrister is turning his creative attention to how some of his world class paintings and prints can be displayed to pack more punch at Sculptureum, his sculpture garden, gallery and restaurant at Omaha Flats.

An ideal solution, he believes, is to add a vivid blast of colour to an artwork’s frame, mat board or both, and with the help of his regular picture framer, Stu Robb at Sgraffito in Remuera, has been pursuin...