AS ARTIST FERNANDO BOTERO TURNS 90, WE MEET HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW UCHI BOTERO AT HOME IN THE PICTURE-PERFECT MIAMI MANSION SHE SHARES WITH HUSBAND JUAN CARLOS
Apr 18, 2022
5 minutes
PRODUCTION & INTERVIEW: NANA BOTTAZZI
HOUSE PHOTOS: GIORGIO BARONI
POSED PHOTOS: ALESSANDRA FIORINI
FLOWERS: FABRIZIO COCCHI
CLOTHES: SILVIA TCHERASSI AND JOHANNA ORTIZ
MAKE-UP: HANIC ARIAS OF HANIC BEAUTY, MIAMI
JEWELLERY: SAZINGG JEWELRY
‘A home only becomes a home when you have that accumulation of objects with a past, ones that mean something’
To step into Juan Carlos and Uchi Botero’s home is to enter the extraordinary world of one of our most famous living artists, Fernando Botero. The Miami-based couple are his son and daughter-in-law and their beachside villa, set among lush gardens and flooded with light, is the perfect setting for his flamboyantly colourful work.
“I like to look around me and enjoy the memories that each item evokes,” says Uchi, who both adores and admires her father-in-law.
Fernando, who turns 90 this week, is the loving patriarch of a large and close-knit Colombian clan and Juan Carlos and Uchi are proud to be among those who will gather to celebrate
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