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Inside the art-filled home of the man who knows everyone in Margate
Robert Diament never thought he’d end up in Margate — but with neighbours like Tracey Emin and a grade II listed house, he couldn’t be happier
The artwork above the dining room’s fireplace is Purple Virgin 9 (2004) by Tracey Emin. ”I love hosting friends around this table,” Diament says. “It looks out into my courtyard and is a really sunny space in the room”
TRENT MCMINN
The Sunday Times
These days it feels as if anyone who works in the creative industries and lives in east London is moving to Margate. So popular has the coastal Kent town become that it’s essentially now Walthamstow with a beach, Leyton with a ferris wheel. Still, the gallerist Robert Diament never imagined he would be joining them. “I thought I had the dream life, living in a small, beautiful flat by Hampstead Heath and working in Shoreditch,” says Diament, 42, who is the director of Carl Freedman Gallery and the fine art print publisher Counter Editions, both in Margate. Since 2018 Diament has hosted the hit podcast Talk Art with his pal the actor Russell Tovey. Guests such as Sharon Stone and the DJ Fat Tony come
