BEN BROWN FINE ARTS
Ben Brown Fine Arts is a leading international gallery specialising in post-war and contemporary art, with locations in London, Hong Kong, and New York. Established in 2004 in the heart of London's Mayfair, the gallery has become a distinguished presence in both the primary and secondary art markets. It represents an outstanding roster of contemporary artists from Europe and the Americas, including Tony Bevan, Candida Höfer, Vik Muniz, Yoan Capote, Gavin Turk, José Parlá, Awol Erizku, Nabil Nahas, Enoc Perez, and Ena Swansea. Alongside its dynamic contemporary programme, the gallery is celebrated for hosting landmark exhibitions of post-war masters such as Alighiero Boetti, Frank Auerbach, Lucio Fontana, Gerhard Richter, Alexander Calder, and Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne.
In 2009, Ben Brown Fine Arts expanded its global reach by opening a gallery in Hong Kong, becoming the first major international gallery to establish a foothold in the city during its rise as a vital centre on the global art stage. Further growth followed with the launch of a seasonal space in Palm Beach in 2021, and the gallery's most recent addition in New York, which opened in Spring 2024. Among its many highlights, the gallery showcased Planète Lalanne at the 60th Venice Biennale - the first significant Italian exhibition dedicated to the visionary French duo, Les Lalanne - underscoring the gallery's longstanding relationship with the artists. Most recently, it presented Calder: Extreme Cantilever in London (2024), a groundbreaking exhibition developed in collaboration with the Calder Foundation, which celebrated the revolutionary contributions of Alexander Calder.
The gallery also publishes an extensive range of exhibition catalogues, commissioning essays by leading curators and critics to complement its ambitious programmes. Ben Brown Fine Arts is a regular participant in major international art fairs, including Art Basel (Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong), the Armory Show (New York), Frieze Masters, TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), miart (Milan) and Art Mumbai.
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.