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BEN BROWN ‘I would like to buy a bigger Agnes Martin’
Onur Baştürk for Yuzu Magazine September 1, 2024 When Ben Brown opened his first, eponymous art gallery in the heart of Mayfair, London in 2004, it quickly established... Read more -
A Journey to “Planète Lalanne” with Jérôme Neutres and Ben Brown in Venice
Michael Klug for Whitewall June 21, 2024 Meticulously curated by Jérôme Neutres, and presented by Ben Brown Fine Arts, whimsical art objects, sculptures, and furniture take up... Read more -
The most incredible drinks cabinet you’ll ever see: ‘Who wouldn’t want to have a whisky out of a hippo?’
By Carla Passino for Country Life January 5, 2024 Not just a bronze sculpture by a modern French master, but a bronze sculpture which opens to reveal a whisky... Read more
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Le mostre da vedere a Venezia durante la Biennale Cinema 2024 (e oltre)
Di Alessia Cuccu for Elle Décor Italia August 27, 2024 Giro in Laguna per scoprire le migliori rassegne d'arte in tandem con le proiezioni cinematografiche in calendario. Read more -
8 Can’t-Miss Destinations for Design Lovers to Visit During the Venice Biennale
By Stephanie Sporn for Veranda July 16, 2024 These extraordinary shows juxtapose contemporary art and design with grand palazzos and historical architecture. From April through November, the 60th... Read more -
8 Standout Works from Art Basel 2024
By Paul Laster for Galerie Magazine June 14, 2024 From a recreation of Christo's Wrapped 1961 Volkswagen Beetle Saloon at Gagosian to Agnes Denes's transformation of the Messeplatz into... Read more -
Art Across Centuries Ignites Emotion, Myth And Allegory At TEFAF New York’s Star-Studded Opener
Natasha Gural for Forbes May 10, 2024 From antiquity to living masters, the little sibling of TEFAF-Maastricht , Europe's defining celebration of fine art, antiquities, and jewelry,... Read more
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TEFAF New York’s 10th Edition Opens with Seven-Figure Sales and Cross-Generational Displays
Arun Kakar for Artsy May 10, 2024 There might have been as many art fairs in New York this past fortnight as rainy days, but on an... Read more -
8 Artists Share How They Set the Perfect Vibe in the Studio
Verity Babbs for ArtNet News May 8, 2024 What makes an artist’s studio the perfect place for creating? Nowadays, there is no one way for an creative space... Read more -
The London art exhibitions to see in May
By Hannah Silver for Wallpaper April 30, 2024 From emerging to established artists, big galleries to intimate spaces - here are the London art exhibitions to see this... Read more -
Best of Venice Exhibitions: Pierre Huyghe, Memo Akten, Zeng Fanzhi, and More
Erica Silverman for Whitewall April 25, 2024 The 60th Venice Biennale builds vital new connections between past, present, and future in our shared and uncertain world, offering... Read more
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Les Lalanne’s surreal world takes over Venice
By Hannah Sliver for Wallpaper April 19, 2024 ‘Planète Lalanne’, presented by Ben Brown Fine Arts, takes over Palazzo Rota Ivancich, with a cast of blue hippos, woolly... Read more -
Inside the Surreal Menagerie of Les Lalanne
By Devorah Lauter for Artnet News April 10, 2024 2024 is shaping up to be the year of the husband-and-wife French duo Les Lalanne. A show just opened at... Read more -
11 Must-See Venice Shows to Visit during the Biennale in 2024
By Josie Thaddeus-Johns and Casey Lesser for Artsy April 9, 2024 As April begins, anticipation is building for the 60th Venice Biennale, often considered the most important art event in the... Read more -
Gavin Turk subverts still-life painting and says: ‘We are what we throw away’
By Rowland Bagnall for Wallpaper April 8, 2024 Gavin Turk considers wasteful consumer culture in ‘The Conspiracy of Blindness’ at Ben Brown Fine Arts, London Read more
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Gavin Turk on Contemporary Society's 'Conspiracy of Blindness'
By Lee Sharrock for FAD Magazine April 5, 2024 Lee Sharrock in conversation with Gavin Turk about his solo exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts, how it relates to... Read more -
Awol Erizku: 'X' at SCAD Museum of Art
February 26 - July 3, 2024 February 26, 2024 In his debut solo museum exhibition, Awol Erizku focuses on pioneering American Muslim human rights activist El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz... Read more -
When groove is in the art
Victoria Woodcock for Financial Times February 21, 2024 Eight artists putting dance in the frame. His longtime interest in dance – from salsa to breakdancing – is especially... Read more -
"A dram good sculpture"
Edited by Carla Passino for Country Life December 27, 2023 Art Dealer Ben Brown knows a dram good sculpture when he sees one - Carl Passino reveals the story behind... Read more
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The back of 'Las Meninas', on view for the first time at the Prado Museum
P. Achiaga for El Español November 3, 2023 The work of the artist Vik Muniz, it is the only facsimile of the reverse of Velázquez's painting and is... Read more -
The Museo Nacional del Prado shows the reverse of "Las Meninas" for the first time
La Nacion November 3, 2023 The replica was made by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz from a photo that he imitated exactly The Museo Nacional del... Read more -
The Museo Nacional del Prado shows the back of Las Meninas for the first time
Museo del Prado November 2, 2023 Its recent installation in the room is a milestone in the Museum's artistic discourse, as visitors will be able to... Read more -
Epistrophies and Heads: Tony Bevan
Trebuchet Magazine October 31, 2023 A preview of Epistrophies and Heads an exhibition by Tony Bevan Haunting and exploratory, Bevan’s work twist familiar shapes and... Read more
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José Parlá – interview: ‘I was experiencing flashbacks to my dreams from the coma, and I put that into these paintings’
Interview by Anna McNay for studio international October 30, 2023 Following a life-and-death experience, the New York-based Cuban artist explores different notions of reality in breathtaking paintings that capture the... Read more -
Wide Awake: The artist José Parlá on the universal language of being and coming back from the brink of death
Interview by John-Paul Pryor for House Collective October 25, 2023 The current exhibition Phosphene by New York-based Cuban artist José Parlá references the sensation we experience when we close our... Read more -
9 Of The Best London Art Exhibitions This Autumn
Joanne Shurvell for Forbes October 15, 2023 Autumn in London is always a cultural explosion. October kicks off with the annual art fairs Frieze and Frieze Masters... Read more -
The Hypeart Guide to Frieze London 2023
Shawn Ghassemitari for Hypebeast October 11, 2023 Frieze London is back and to celebrate 20 monumental years, the organizers behind the mega fair will present the most... Read more
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Studio Visit: In His Downtown Brooklyn Studio, Artist José Parlá Follows the Sun in the Skylights to Paint Vibrant, Colossal Works
Interview by Katie White for Artnet News October 10, 2023 For Cuban-born artist José Parlá, sunlight and music are the foundations of a good studio practice. The artist who has... Read more -
Hank Willis Thomas Speaks on the Work That Remains
Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE September 22, 2023 The artist and For Freedoms co-founder was recently presented with the 2023 Medal of Arts award by the First Lady... Read more -
Artists including Sheila Hicks and Hank Willis Thomas receive US State Department's Medal of Arts
Torey Akers on The Arts Newspaper September 18, 2023 On 13 September, the US Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies gave its Medal of Arts awards to... Read more -
Flora Industrialis
Vik Muniz exhibition at Museo Universidad de Navarra announced September 13, 2023 The exhibition runs from 18th October 2023 - March 2024 Inspired by the engravings and drawings of the 19th century... Read more
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On View: A Coffin That Connects Multiple Black Histories
Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa for The New York Times Style Magazine September 13, 2023 Awol Erizku’s exhibition of hip-hop-centric art opened recently at Sean Kelly gallery in New York. Here’s what he told me... Read more -
7 of the Best Artworks of Armory Week 2023
From Arresting Paintings by a 26-Year-Old Instragram Phenom to Elevated Interpretations of Outdoor Recliners September 11, 2023 Why You Should Pay Attention: The veteran painter's distinct style often mingles the real and the imagined, figurative and abstract.... Read more -
PAUL’S GALLERY OF THE WEEK: BEN BROWN FINE ARTS
By Paul Carey-Kent 19 July 2023 Ben Brown's background was in the secondary market - he spent ten years at Sotheby's, taking a particular and ongoing... Read more -
Episode 95: José Parlá on Coming Back to Life Through Art
Interview by Spencer Bailey July 12, 2023 Through his abstract paintings, the Miami-born, Brooklyn-based artist José Parlá explores themes ranging from memory, gesture, and layering, to movement,... Read more
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Mark Godfrey on Alighiero Boetti: Interview of the Month, July 2023
Paul Carey-Kent for Artlyst July 4, 2023 Anyone wanting to understand the innovative art of the Italian conceptualist Alighiero Boetti (1940-94) should head to Ben Brown Fine... Read more -
Artist Awol Erizku Just Published His First Disco-Infused, Afro-Esoteric Manifesto
Caroline Bomback for Cultured June 30, 2023 Gucci, Antwaun Sargent, and Aperture celebrated the launch of Mystic Parallax, Awol Erizku’s first major monograph, at the fashion house's... Read more -
Awol Erizku’s First Book Mystic Parallax Shows the Artist’s Tremendous Power
Maxine Wally for W Magazine June 28, 2023 Tessa Thompson delicately balancing a hawk on her arm. Michael B. Jordan holding onto a leashed husky against a backdrop... Read more -
Sizeable Boetti show spans trio of spaces
Frances Allitt for Antiques Trade Gazette June 19, 2023 Don’t forget your walking shoes when visiting Ben Brown’s 'Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi'. The show, curated by Mark... Read more
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The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku
Doreen St. Félix for The New Yorker June 7, 2023 The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism, is as much defined by... Read more -
Nabil Nahas: Les Racines Du Ciel
Olivia Sand for Asian Art Newspaper May 31, 2023 The first reaction triggered by the exhibition Les Racines du Ciel is that Nabil Nahas (b 1949 in Lebanon) is... Read more -
BEN BROWN FINE ARTS PRESENTS ALIGHIERO E BOETTI: REGOLA E REGOLARSI, CURATED BY MARK GODFREY
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine May 30, 2023 Ben Brown Fine Arts to open Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi, curated by Mark Godfrey, to be presented across... Read more -
Taipei Dangdai Returns to Its First Full-Scale Edition Since 2020, With a Fresh Crop of Galleries Catching Up With an Active Younger Crowd of Buyers
Vivienne Chow for Artnet News May 9, 2023 Thirty first-time exhibitors are hoping to build relationships with Taiwanese collectors. Ben Brown Fine Arts, which operates in London and... Read more
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Vik Muniz’s Mixed-Media Reflection on Perception and Materiality
Lux Magazine May 1, 2023 Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz’s most recent series Surfaces is currently on display in the FOTOCUBISMO exhibition at Ben... Read more -
The Reality Paradox
John-Paul Pryor for Port Magazine April 27, 2023 The artist Vik Muniz on cubism, exploring the super-real, and embracing a future of autonomous digital imagery The acclaimed artist... Read more -
Mischievous Vik Muniz recalls label-swapping incident at MoMA
Gareth Harris for The Art Newspaper April 19, 2023 The Brazilian artist discussed why and how he looks to art history during a discussion at The Arts Club in... Read more -
José Parlá Translate Memories into Landscapes with New Series, Phosphene
Katy Donoghue for Whitewall March 31, 2023 José Parlá’s “Phosphene” is currently on view at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Hong Kong through April 29. The exhibition... Read more
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Drawing With Scissors
REBECCA BLAKESTON for Cent Magazine March 30, 2023 There’s also the opportunity for creating a new medium by taking something, food for example, out of its normal context.... Read more -
Vik Muniz: Fotocubismo
Elena Clavarino for Air Mail March 30, 2023 Growing up in Brazil, Vik Muniz studied reproductions of famous artists and dreamed of someday seeing the originals. —E.C. Read more -
Space, Basketball, and Hip Hop Fuse in Awol Erizku’s Latest Exhibition
Shawn Ghassemitari for Hypebeast March 29, 2023 Awol Erizku‘s art practice often oscillates from one medium to another, reflecting the constellation of influences that orbit his daily... Read more -
Awol Erizku creates Afro-Asian connections in Hong Kong
Siddhartha Mitter for Art Basel March 16, 2023 The artist’s giant inflatable sculpture of Tutankhamun marks the first time Art Basel Hong Kong’s Encounters sector has ventured offsite... Read more
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‘I’m Not Giving People What They’re Used To:’ Awol Erizku on the Challenges Inherent in Remixing His Own Work
Naomi Rea for Artnet News February 1, 2023 The artist's wide-ranging practice refuses easy categorization. For his latest exhibition, Awol Erizku has transformed the white cube at Ben... Read more -
Creator of Divisive King Monument Builds Sculpture for Super Bowl
Kalia Richardson for The New York Times January 31, 2023 The steel sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas features a football and will be displayed outside State Farm Stadium on Feb.... Read more -
Awol Erizku’s New Show Is—and Is Not—a Drill
Joshua Glass for Cultured Magazine January 27, 2023 In “Cosmic Drill,” which opens today at Ben Brown Fine Arts in London, the multidisciplinary artist reworks his own practice... Read more -
Jammie Holmes and José Parlá Named Gordon Parks Fellows
Taylor Michael for Hyperallergic January 22, 2023 Two painters have been selected for the 2023 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship, announced this week. Jammie Holmes and José Parlá... Read more
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GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2023 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
ARTFORUM January 19, 2023 The Gordon Parks Foundation has announced painters Jammie Holmes and José Parlá as the recipients of its 2023 fellowships and... Read more -
In Boston, ‘The Embrace’ Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
Kalia Richardson for New York Times January 15, 2023 The bronze sculpture, by the artist Hank Willis Thomas, symbolizes the hug Dr. King and Coretta Scott King shared after... Read more -
Standing Two Stories Tall, a Hank Willis Thomas Sculpture Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Is Unveiled on Boston Common
Sarah Cascone for artnet news January 13, 2023 The statue is a poignant symbol of the power of love. In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the... Read more -
New works by Candida Höfer: Illuminations from the darkroom
Stefan Trinks for Teller Report January 6, 2023 The photographer Candida Höfer is baffled in the Liechtenstein Art Museum and in the Hilti Art Foundation – there is... Read more
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Ben Brown Fine Arts presents Awol Erizku: COSMIC DRILL
Daily Art News December 14, 2022 Ben Brown Fine Arts presents Awol Erizku's first solo exhibition in Europe for five years, CosmiC Drill from January 27... Read more -
BEN BROWN FINE ARTS TO OPEN AWOL ERIZKU’S COSMIC DRILL IN THE NEW YEAR
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine December 14, 2022 Ben Brown Fine Arts to open Awol Erizku’s Cosmic Drill in the New Year, their third solo exhibition of Los... Read more -
Cosmic Drill – Awol Erizku
Trebuchet December 13, 2022 Multimedia statements in the face of culture Are we seeing anything new? The chameleonlike creative force that is Awol Erizku... Read more -
Gavin Turk: ‘My art is always other people's art’
Harriet Lloyd-Smith interviewed Gavin Turk for Wallpaper December 13, 2022 We interview British artist Gavin Turk, whose show ‘Kerze’ at Ben Brown Fine Arts is an ode to Gerhard Richter,... Read more
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Life Extinguished
John-Paul Pryor interviewing Gavin Turk for PORT Magazine December 6, 2022 The artist Gavin Turk on creating an atypical exhibition that explores the landscape of collective trauma One artist you... Read more -
Gavin Turk’s Reimagining of Richter
Daniel Barnes for Trebuchet November 22, 2022 Brooding, tranquil, balancing between stillness and gesture, Gavin Turk’s Kerze reimagines a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter with an... Read more -
What Did Gavin Do During Lockdown?
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine November 1, 2022 For a lot of people one thing lockdown gave them was time, time to think, time to contemplate, to think... Read more -
Gavin Turk appropriates Gerhard Richter’s candle paintings in an exhibition in New London
Aliza Elliott for UK Daily News October 24, 2022 British artist Gavin Turk’s fourth solo exhibition (4 November – 14 January) has been announced by Ben Brown Fine Arts... Read more
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Gavin Turk Appropriates Gerhard Richter’s Candle Paintings In New London Exhibition
Artlyst October 24, 2022 The fourth solo exhibition of the British artist Gavin Turk (4 November – 14 January) has been announced by Ben... Read more -
VISION AND VIRTUE
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine October 12, 2022 Ben Brown Fine Arts has just opened Vision and Virtue, an exhibition presented at Claridge’s ArtSpace in London, in the... Read more -
Larry Ossei-Mensah: Art Surviving Imperialism
Mark Rappolt interviewing Larry Ossei-Mensah for ArtReview October 10, 2022 ArtReview sat down with the curator of Ghosts of Empires II to discuss diasporic communities, art economics and unexpected connections... Read more -
GHOSTS OF EMPIRES II: An Interview
Shaquille Heath interviews Larry Ossei-Mensah for Juxtapoz October 5, 2022 While contemporary events can often feel uniquely monumental, it is wise to remember the old adage “history is cyclical.” This... Read more
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Larry Ossei-Mensah Curates Show in London on the Afterlife of Empires
Somers Gerson for Cultbytes October 2, 2022 The legacy of colonialism has deeply affected our perception of the world and discourse on power, politics, and capital. However,... Read more -
This exhibition confronts the legacy of British colonialism
Zara Afthab for DAZED September 29, 2022 Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Ghosts of Empire II seeks to provoke conversation and questioning around British imperialism “I want everyone... Read more -
Diverse Voices: The Changing Face of Curating
Victoria Woodcock for elephant September 26, 2022 Ossei-Mensah’s current show at Ben Brown Fine Arts in London’s Mayfair centres on artists from African and Asian diasporas. Titled... Read more -
MUSE SEE: Ghosts of Empires II at Ben Brown Fine Arts | London
Artforum September 14, 2022 Read more
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Ben Brown Fine Arts to Present a Group Show Curated by Ghanaian-American Curator and Critic Larry Ossei-Mensah
Balasz Takac for WIDEWALLS September 13, 2022 This September, Ben Brown Fine Arts will present Ghosts of Empires II, a sequel to the project which was shown... Read more -
The artist collective questioning the true meaning of justice
Ashley Tymer for I-D Magazine August 17, 2022 A show at The Parrish Art Museum, curated by Hank Willis Thomas and For Freedoms, features poignant works by artists... Read more -
GHOSTS OF EMPIRES II, AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY GHANAIAN-AMERICAN CURATOR AND CULTURAL CRITIC LARRY OSSEI-MENSAH
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine August 3, 2022 Ben Brown Fine Arts to open Ghosts of Empires ll, an exhibition curated by Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic Larry... Read more -
Covid. A Coma. A Stroke. José Parlá Returns From the Edge.
Max Lakin for The New York Times July 31, 2022 After a lengthy recovery, the artist comes back with the most vigorous work he's made: 'It took me a really... Read more
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History and Legacy Reconsidered in the Now: Ghosts of Empires II at Ben Brown Fine Arts London
1883 Magazine July 22, 2022 If you have visited Ben Brown Fine Arts in Mayfair recently, you will have been lucky enough to catch the... Read more -
"Ghosts of Empires II An Exhibition Articulating Black And Asian Diasporic Experiences" – Ben Brown Fine Arts
Artlyst July 21, 2022 “After reading Kwasi Kwarteng’s book ‘Ghosts of Empire’, I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism in our... Read more -
Routes of Life, Ghosts of History
Trebuchet Magazine July 20, 2022 Post-colonialism is alive and well. As a discourse it has parallel pathways to power and capital through institutions and histories.... Read more -
Ben Brown: 'My Favourite Things'
Ben Brown interviewed by Tara Loader Wikinson for Billionaire Magazine July 15, 2022 'A gallerist who live, breathes, and wears his art, Ben Brown cut his teeth in the art world at Sotheby's,... Read more
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