Two-time Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett, 51, unveils a VERY unusual Vogue Australia cover created while in coronavirus lockdown
Actress Cate Blanchett has unveiled a very unusual Vogue Australia cover.
The 51-year-old actress has been painted by Archibald Prize-winning Sydney artist Fiona Lowry for the magazine’s July release.
Reported in The Sunday Telegraph, the Blue Jasmine star collaborated with the Australian artist while in lockdown at her UK estate.
Cover star! Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, 51, (pictured) has unveiled a very unusual Vogue Australia cover, as reported in The Sunday Telegraph this week. Here: Feb, 2020
Cate posed in the gardens of her country estate in East Sussex, England, for the photograph Fiona used as inspiration.
Her playwright husband Andrew Upton took the image in early May.
Vogue editor Edwina McCann said: ‘We had the idea during lockdown about how do you create a cover that is somewhat reflective of what we’ve all been through but still feels collectible and special for readers.’
It then took two weeks to create the stunning painted portrait.
Artist! Cate was painted by Archibald Prize-winning Sydney artist Fiona Lowry. The photograph of Cate was taken by her husband, Andrew Upton
The finished painting shows the two-time Oscar-winner in a floral frock while basking in the sun with her eyes closed.
Edwina said she wanted to publish a cover that understood the current moment in time, referring to the global coronavirus pandemic.
‘I think that if you’ve got the privilege of continuing to publish, especially in print as a magazine through this period, then you want to be putting something on people’s doorstep that feels like it’s a curated moment in time.’
Fashion star! Cate has appeared on the cover of Vogue numerous times, including in 1999. Here: Berlin, February, 2020
Historic manor: Cate, who was born and raised in Melbourne, lives in a $6.25million manor called Highwell House (pictured) near Crowborough, about an hour south of London
The actress has appeared on the cover of Vogue numerous times.
Cate, who was born and raised in Melbourne, lives in a $6.25million manor called Highwell House near Crowborough, about an hour south of London.
She is married to playwright and director Andrew Upton, with whom she shares four children, Dashiell 18, Roman, 16, Ignatius, 12 and Edith, five.
The family previously lived in Hunters Hill, Sydney, before relocating to the UK.
Vogue Australia will hit newsstands on Tuesday
Family life: She is married to playwright and director Andrew Upton (pictured), with whom she shares four children, Dashiell, Roman, Ignatius, and Edith. Pictured in London in October 2019