Andy Murray’s wife Kim forced to take action after tennis star’s spending spree
Sir Andy Murray’s art collection has grown so vast that he and his wife Kim have had to move pieces out of their Surrey home and into their luxury hotel. The tennis legend, who hung up his racket after last year’s Paris Olympics, has a penchant for art, and owns works by the likes of Damien Hirst and Maggie Hambling.
His passion was ignited when he sat for a portrait by Hambling during his playing days. However, it seems his hobby may have gotten slightly out of hand, with overflow from his collection now adorning the walls of their five-star Cromlix Hotel in Scotland.
Speaking to Homes and Interiors Scotland, Kim revealed: “Andy is constantly buying large-scale artwork and we are running out of space at home. So we end up bringing a lot of it to Cromlix on a sort of rotational basis so that our guests can enjoy our personal collection as much as we do. Freeing up space at home is, of course, an added bonus for me.”
Despite his love for collecting, Murray’s own attempt at creating art didn’t go quite as planned. In a 2019 interview, he confessed that his wife was less than thrilled when he left their house splattered with paint after trying his hand at the craft.
“It’s like most things, really,” he said. “You think, ‘I could do that’ or, ‘That’s not difficult’. My wife was out that night. I was by myself in the house.
