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BEN BROWN FINE ARTS
 
Ben Brown Fine Arts is an international gallery specialising in post-war and contemporary art with spaces in London, Hong Kong and New York. Founded in London's Mayfair in 2004, the gallery opened in Hong Kong in 2009, followed by a seasonal space in Palm Beach in 2021 and a permanent New York gallery in 2024. Operating across both the primary and secondary markets, Ben Brown Fine Arts represents a roster of leading contemporary artists, among them Tony Bevan, Awol Erizku, Candida Höfer, Vik Muniz, Yoan Capote, Nabil Nahas, Gavin Turk, José Parlá, Enoc Perez and Ena Swansea.
 
Alongside its contemporary programme, the gallery is known for its museum-quality exhibitions of major post-war figures, among them Alighiero Boetti, Frank Auerbach, Alexander Calder, Lucio Fontana, Gerhard Richter and Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne. Recent landmark projects include Planète Lalanne, presented during the 60th Venice Biennale (Venice, 2024); Calder: Extreme Cantilever (London, 2024); Alighiero e Boetti: Embellishing the Sky (London, 2025); and, most recently, Alighiero Boetti, curated by Elena Geuna at the San Marco Arts Centre (SMAC) during the 61st Venice Biennale (Venice, 2026). The gallery has an extensive publishing programme, producing scholarly exhibition catalogues with newly commissioned essays by leading curators and critics.
 
Ben Brown Fine Arts participates regularly in leading international art fairs, including Art Basel (Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach), Frieze Masters, TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Miart (Milan), the Armory Show (New York) and Art Mumbai.

 

  • BEN BROWN Ben Brown spent the first decade of his career as a Director in the Modern & Contemporary department...

    BEN BROWN

     

    Ben Brown spent the first decade of his career as a Director in the Modern & Contemporary department at Sotheby's London, where he founded the highly successful Italian Sale for the auction house, an initiative that significantly contributed to the visibility and market appreciation of Italian post-war art globally.  Following his tenure at Sotheby's, Brown spent two years as a Managing Director of Waddington Galleries, London.  In 2004, he founded Ben Brown Fine Arts in London's Mayfair, working with a talented stable of contemporary artists and putting together acclaimed exhibitions of important 20th century art.  Brown has expanded his global reach and breadth of exhibitions over the years, opening a gallery in his hometown of Hong Kong in 2009; a private viewing space in New York's Upper East Side in 2019; and a seasonal gallery in Palm Beach starting in 2021, not to mention mounting ambitious exhibitions in Venice and Milan.  Brown is recognised for his staunch support and global promotion of his primary artist program, while also being one of the most respected and knowledgeable dealers of 20th century European and American art.  A renowned art collector, epicurean, polyglot and intrepid world traveler, Brown resides in London with his wife Louisa Guinness and their three children.