Vik Muniz Brazilian, b. 1961
Vik Muniz began his artistic career upon arriving in New York in 1983, holding his first solo exhibition in 1988. Muniz has since exhibited at numerous prestigious institutions, including the International Center of Photography, New York; Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome; Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo; Museu de Art Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv; and the Long Museum, Shanghai. His work is included in major public collections such as the R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York; Tate, London; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. In 2001, Muniz represented the Brazilian Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale. Muniz is the subject of an Academy Award nominated documentary film entitled ‘Waste Land’ (2010). His public art installation commissioned by the MTA Arts & Design for the 72nd street Second Avenues Subway station opened in 2016. Vik was a creative director of the Rio 2016 Paralympics opening ceremony.
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Summer Album
Hong Kong Summer Exhibition 2024 27 Jul - 17 Sep 2024 Hong KongBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to present an extraordinary group exhibition celebrating the sights and spirit of summer. Summer Album brings together notable works by the artists who have...Read more -
Beyond the Canvas
8 - 30 Mar 2024We are thrilled to announce Beyond the Canvas opening March 7, 2024. Join us for an exclusive presentation featuring new works by gallery artists, including Awol Erizku, Yoan Capote, and Ena Swansea, alongside a curated selection highlighting influential post-war masters. Additionally, we will also present a captivating selection of artist and independent designer jewellery from Louisa Guinness Gallery. Beyond the Canvas invites us to reconsider the notion of representation, delve into the layers of artistic expression and discover new perspectives through media.Read more -
Double Take: Contemporary Redefined
1 Dec 2023 - 6 Jan 2024We are thrilled to announce the grand re-opening of our Palm Beach gallery with the exhibition Double Take: Contemporary Redefined on December 1, 2023. Join us for an exclusive presentation featuring new works by gallery artists, alongside a curated selection highlighting influential post-war masters. Double Take invites us to reconsider representation through a fresh lens, sparking a dialogue between tradition and innovation.Read more
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Vik Muniz: SURFACES
22 Nov 2023 - 9 Mar 2024 Hong KongBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to announce SURFACES, our fifth solo exhibition at the Hong Kong gallery of internationally acclaimed artist Vik Muniz. The exhibition features new works from Muniz's most recent series, Surfaces, which explores concepts of perception, reality, representation and materiality.Read more -
Vik Muniz: FOTOCUBISMO
20 Apr - 26 May 2023 LondonBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to announce FOTOCUBISMO, the gallery’s fourth solo exhibition in the London gallery of internationally acclaimed Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz, opening this April.Read more
Exhibited for the first time in the United Kingdom, FOTOCUBISMO features work from Muniz’s most recent Surfaces series, which explores concepts of perception, reality, and representation while challenging traditional notions of materiality. Muniz’s work often draws inspiration from iconic images from art history. Looking to Cubist masters such as Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris and Georges Braque, these unique works are a result of the artist’s hybrid technique of photographing handcrafted, three-dimensional elements – most notably painting and collaged components – which are reprocessed through photographic collages. Muniz's newest works invite viewers to question and explore what lies beneath the surface, and to dissect each layer amidst the overlapping interventions.
These abstract studies compel the viewer to closely investigate the dichotomy between the physical object and its depiction, while at the same time reinventing the possibilities and questions around the construction of a photographic image. This exploration of iconic images from art history, which Muniz has repeatedly revisited throughout his career, furthers the artist’s investigations into the contradictions between visual perception, the physical world and art historical context.
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Innovation and Tradition
Calder to Capote 6 - 30 Apr 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to announce Innovation and Tradition: Calder to Capote at our Palm Beach gallery, the final exhibition of the season before the gallery closes until November. This thought-provoking presentation elicits dialogue between distinguished post-war and contemporary artists, examining how the challenging of notions and traditions of the past has brought forth radical new ideas and practices that have, and continue to, change the trajectory of art history today.Read more -
New Frontiers
Movements in Contemporary Art 21 Feb - 16 Apr 2023 LondonBen Brown Fine Arts invites art lovers to explore New Frontiers: Movements in Contemporary Art, a thought-provoking exhibition presented at Claridge's ArtSpace in London, in the heart of Mayfair. This exhibition will be held concurrently with the launch of Claridge’s ArtSpace Café.Read more -
Vik Muniz: A Brief History of Art
1 Feb - 5 Apr 2022 LondonVik Muniz: A Brief History of Art brings together a broad selection of the artist’s most iconic and venerated works from the last two decades. The exhibition is spread over two venues: Ben Brown Fine Arts’ flagship London gallery at 12 Brook's Mews and Claridge's ArtSpace, 50 metres down the mews at the back of Claridge's Hotel.Read more -
Artsy Online Exhibition
14 Dec 2020 - 28 Feb 2021
The Four Seasons: WINTERBen Brown Fine Arts is proud to present the fourth of our seasonal online exhibitions with Artsy, The Four Seasons: WINTER. Included in the show are a selection of paintings,...Read more -
Vik Muniz
5 Dec 2020 - 11 Feb 2021 Hong Kong
Grand TourBen Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong is thrilled to present Vik Muniz: Grand Tour, from 5 December 2020 - 11 February 2021. This will be the artist's fourth solo exhibition...Read more -
Knokke Summer Pop-Up!
9 Jul - 26 Aug 2020Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong, is thrilled to announce our first Summer Pop-Up in Knokke, Belgium. We look forward to welcoming our clients to view a curated...Read more -
Ben Brown Fine Arts:
15 Jun - 31 Aug 2020 Hong Kong
Celebrating 10 years in Hong KongBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to present an extraordinary group exhibition inaugurating the Hong Kong gallery's new location in Wong Chuk Hang and celebrating our 10 year anniversary in...Read more -
Vik Muniz
7 Jun - 19 Sep 2019
Real PicturesBen Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to announce its second solo exhibition at the London gallery of internationally-acclaimed artist Vik Muniz. Real Pictures – which debuts Muniz’s most recent Handmade...Read more -
DARKROOM | A Group Show
27 Jul - 15 Sep 2018 Hong Kong
Kitty Chou, Candida Höfer, Vik Muniz and Hiroshi SugimotoBen Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to present our summer exhibition, Darkroom, at the Hong Kong gallery from 28 July to 15 September 2018. The show will bring together the...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ
Metachromes 18 Jan - 11 Mar 2017Ben Brown Fine Arts is pleased to announce its third solo exhibition in Hong Kong with internationally acclaimed artist Vik Muniz. The exhibition presents Muniz’s most recent series, Metachrome, as...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ
Metachromes 6 Oct - 12 Nov 2016Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to announce its first solo exhibition in London with internationally acclaimed artist, Vik Muniz. The exhibition debuts Muniz's most recent series, Metachrome, as well...Read more -
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW
An International Survey 23 Apr - 27 May 2015 -
VIK MUNIZ
Album 16 Jan - 4 Mar 2015Ben Brown Fine Arts is honoured to present the second solo exhibition in Hong Kong of new works by Vik Muniz. The exhibition features his recent Album and Postcards from...Read more -
EXPRESSION
A Philosophical Portrait of Humankind, works selected by Martin Klosterfelde 27 Nov 2013 - 15 Feb 2014Expression: A Philosophical Portrait of Humankind presents a unique survey of works grouped under the theme of portraiture. While portraiture is a traditional, time-honoured genre, this exhibition offers a new...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ
Pictures of Magazines 2 21 Nov 2012 - 22 Feb 2013Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Asia of works by the internationally celebrated Brazilian photographer Vik Muniz. This exhibition will feature...Read more -
Accrochage - Gallery Artists +++
Tony Bevan, Caio Fonseca, Adam Fuss, Damien Hirst, Candida Höfer, Heinz Mack, Martin Mull, Vik Muniz, Tseng Kwong Chi, Yan Pei Ming, Marc Quinn 3 - 27 Feb 2012 -
Photography Group Exhibition
31 Mar - 7 May 2011Nobuyoshi Araki Candida Höfer Vik Muniz Thomas Ruff Hiroshi SugimotoRead more
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Vik Muniz
Pictures of Magazines 2 2012Hardback, 80 pagesRead more
ISBN: 978-0-9574670-0-2
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Vik Muniz
Album 2015Paperback, 14 pagesRead more
Dimensions: 13.6 x 21 cm -
Vik Muniz
Pictures of Anything 2014Hardback, 124 pagesRead more
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Vik Muniz
Metachromes 2016Hardback, 62 pagesRead more
Dimensions: 27.6 x 25.2 cm
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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, 2023The work of the artist Vik Muniz, it is the only facsimile of the reverse of Velázquez's painting and is one of the highlights of...Read more -
The Museo Nacional del Prado shows the reverse of "Las Meninas" for the first time
La Nacion November 3, 2023The replica was made by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz from a photo that he imitated exactly The Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid will exhibit...Read more -
The Museo Nacional del Prado shows the back of Las Meninas for the first time
Museo del Prado November 2, 2023Its recent installation in the room is a milestone in the Museum's artistic discourse, as visitors will be able to see for the first time...Read more -
Flora Industrialis
Vik Muniz exhibition at Museo Universidad de Navarra announced September 13, 2023The exhibition runs from 18th October 2023 - March 2024 Inspired by the engravings and drawings of the 19th century Latin American flora albums of...Read more
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Vik Muniz’s Mixed-Media Reflection on Perception and Materiality
Lux Magazine May 1, 2023Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz’s most recent series Surfaces is currently on display in the FOTOCUBISMO exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Mayfair,...Read more -
The Reality Paradox
John-Paul Pryor for Port Magazine April 27, 2023The artist Vik Muniz on cubism, exploring the super-real, and embracing a future of autonomous digital imagery The acclaimed artist Vik Muniz has been toying...Read more -
Mischievous Vik Muniz recalls label-swapping incident at MoMA
Gareth Harris for The Art Newspaper April 19, 2023The Brazilian artist discussed why and how he looks to art history during a discussion at The Arts Club in London. The Brazilian artist Vik...Read more -
Vik Muniz: Fotocubismo
Elena Clavarino for Air Mail March 30, 2023Growing up in Brazil, Vik Muniz studied reproductions of famous artists and dreamed of someday seeing the originals. —E.C.Read more
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Drawing With Scissors
REBECCA BLAKESTON for Cent Magazine March 30, 2023There’s also the opportunity for creating a new medium by taking something, food for example, out of its normal context. This can be seen in...Read more -
VISION AND VIRTUE
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine October 12, 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts has just opened Vision and Virtue, an exhibition presented at Claridge’s ArtSpace in London, in the heart of Mayfair being held...Read more -
THE TOP 5 EXHIBITIONS TO SEE IN LONDON RIGHT NOW
Tabish Khan for FAD Magazine March 27, 2022Vik Muniz recreates some of art history’s most recognised artworks through a collage of materials as varied as diamonds and scrap metal, before photographing them...Read more -
Vik Muniz’s Work Will Be Displayed As “A Brief History of Art” at Ben Brown Fine Arts Gallery
Avon Dorsey for Hype Art January 27, 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts Gallery will present the works of Vik Muniz in a special exhibition titled “Vik Muniz: A Brief History of Art.” The...Read more
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In middle of hot art market, Ben Brown Fine Arts opens Worth Avenue gallery
Bill DiPaolo for the Palm Beach Daily News June 13, 2021A grinning, 4-foot-high cast bronze gorilla sitting in the front window has been drawing attention from pedestrians since Ben Brown Fine Arts opened in early...Read more -
Vik Muniz | The Iconic Journey
Workshop with Vik Muniz at the University of Navarra Museum, on February 24, 2021 February 11, 2021In conversation with Vik Muniz and under his instructions, using materials and means provided in situ, the participants in this activity will be able to...Read more -
Vik Muniz | Fragile yet forceful glass works by Ai Weiwei, Fred Wilson, Fiona Banner and others travel from Venice to Florida
Karen Chernick for The Art Newspaper January 22, 2021To prepare for the Boca Raton Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition Glasstress , Kathleen Goncharov, the museum's senior curator only had a narrow window of...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ at Museo Universidad de Navarra
September 16, 202023 September 2020 - 22 March 2021 Museo Universidad de Navarra Campus Universitario 31009 Pamplona Spain We are proud to announce the exhibition of...Read more
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VIK MUNIZ at Frieze Sculpture Park 2019
June 17, 20193 July 2019 - 6 October 2019 The Regent's Park Vik Muniz’s Mnemonic Vehicle No. 2 is a life-size sculpture of the iconic 1973...Read more -
GLASSTRESS 2019
May 7, 2019Vernissage: Wednesday, May 8, 7pm - 11pm 9 May - 24 November 2019 Fondazione Berengo Art Space Campiello Della Pescheria, Murano To mark the 10th...Read more -
TRANSFORMER - Hotel Londra Palace Venice
May 7, 2019Hotel Londra Palace 10 May - 24 September 2019 Riva degli Schiavoni, Castello 4171, Venice Ben Brown Fine Arts’ project TRANSFORMER, curated by James...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ x MAISON RUINART
March 27, 2019Maison Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, has been commissioning artists and hosting what is known as 'artists residencies' since 1896. This year,...Read more
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VIK MUNIZ: Photography and Rebirth of Wonder
July 13, 201813 July - 14 October 2018 at the Chrysler Museum of Art One Memorial Place Norfolk, Virginia 23510 The Chrysler Museum of Art in...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ: Verso
February 28, 201821 March - 17 June 2018 Belvedere Museum Vienna Schloss Belvedere Prinz Eugen-Straße 27, 1 030 Vienna The headlining artist Vik Muniz, who lives in...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ in 'Glasstress 2017'
Palazzo Franchetti, San Marco 2847, Venice April 26, 201711 May - 26 November 2017 Returning to Venice for the 57th Venice Biennale, Glasstress brings together 33 leading contemporary artists from Europe, the United...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ: Afterglow: Pictures of Ruins
at Palazzo Cini, Campo San Vio, Dorsoduro 864, Venice March 27, 2017Opening Reception: Tuesday, 9 May, 6-8pm 21 April - 24 July 2017 Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, Afterglow: Pictures of Ruins presents photographs and sculpture...Read more
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VIK MUNIZ: Verso
Mauritshuis, The Hague June 5, 20169 June - 4 September 2016 This summer, Muniz will present his Versos at the Mauritshuis, a project he has been working on for fifteen...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ
at High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA February 18, 201628 February - 21 August 2016 The High will premiere a major retrospective of the work of celebrated contemporary photographer Vik Muniz as part of...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ Lampedusa in Venice
at Venice Biennale 2015 May 1, 201556th Venice Biennale Lampedusa is a floating installation to be launched during the 56th Venice Biennale. For this public artwork, Vik Muniz employs his traditional...Read more -
VIK MUNIZ: Pictures of Anything
at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Lilly & Yoel Moshe Elstein Multi-Purpose Gallery Herta and Paul Amir Building, Tel Aviv July 14, 201428 March - 2 August 2014 This comprehensive exhibition of Vik Muniz (born in Brazil, 1961) covers 25 years of the artist's oeuvre, in which...Read more
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Art Mumbai
14 - 17 Nov 2024Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to announce its inaugural participation in Art Mumbai, taking place from 14-17 November at Mahalaxmi Racecourse. Our curated presentation...Read more -
The Armory Show
5 - 8 Sep 2024Request E-Catalogue Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to announce its return to The Armory Show, taking place from 5-8 September at the Javits...Read more -
TEFAF New York
9 - 14 May 2024Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to participate in the tenth edition of TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory from May 9 to...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
26 - 30 Mar 2024E-catalogue Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, presenting a booth that showcases a thoughtfully curated selection of...Read more
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Art Basel Miami Beach
6 - 10 Dec 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is excited to announce our return to Art Basel Miami Beach, taking place from December 8 to 10, 2023. Join us at Booth D8, where we will proudly present a curated selection featuring the diverse talents of our esteemed international contemporary artists, including Yoan Capote, Awol Erizku, Vik Muniz, Nabil Nahas, José Parlá, Enoc Perez, Ena Swansea and Hank Willis Thomas. Our booth will explore the vibrant and varied expressions of these influential creators, defining the forefront of contemporary art.Read more -
The Armory Show
7 - 10 Sep 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is pleased to return to The Armory Show from September 8-10th at the Javits Center in New York (Booth 200). We...Read more -
Frieze Seoul
6 - 9 Sep 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to announce our inaugural participation in Frieze Seoul 2023 (Booth M12). Our presentation at Frieze Seoul will be located...Read more -
TEFAF New York
12 - 16 May 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is excited to participate in the ninth edition of TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory, from May 12 to...Read more
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Taipei Dangdai
12 - 14 May 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to participate in Taipei Dangdai 2023 (Booth C05), where we will present a carefully curated selection of modern and...Read more -
ART SG
12 - 15 Jan 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to participate in the inaugural edition of Art SG. Our booth will present a carefully curated selection of modern...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
1 - 3 Dec 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to be returning to Miami to participate in Art Basel Miami Beach , from 29 November to 3 December,...Read more -
Art Cologne
16 - 20 Nov 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to Art Cologne 2022 . Our curated booth (Hall 11.2, Stand B-318) will present works by gallery...Read more
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West Bund Art & Design OVR
8 - 15 Nov 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to announce our participation in West Bund Art & Design's Online Viewing Room. Our Viewing Room will present a...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 11 Sep 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is pleased to return to The Armory Show from September 9-11th (VIP preview September 8th ) at the Javits Center in...Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht
25 - 30 Jun 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to TEFAF Maastricht (Stand 403), from June 25-30, 2022. Our selection includes rare and iconic pieces by...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
25 - 29 May 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to Art Basel Hong Kong , with a curated selection of iconic works by gallery artists and...Read more
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Art Basel Miami Beach
2 - 4 Dec 2021Art Basel Miami Beach art fair 2021. We will be presenting a curated booth highlighting the gallery's stable of international contemporary artists, including Yoan Capote, Vik Muniz, José Parlá and Hank Willis Thomas. Another section of the booth will be designated for an historical exhibition of eminent post-war artists including Miquel Barcelo, Georg Baselitz, Alighiero Boetti, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, Robert Indiana, Jeff Koons, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Sean Scully and Andy Warhol.Read more -
West Bund
Art & Design 11 - 14 Nov 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is pleased to announce our participation in the West Bund Art & Design fair in Shanghai taking place November 11-14th, 2021....Read more -
Frieze Masters
13 - 17 Oct 2021We are delighted to be returning to Frieze Masters (stand B13) this year with a curated selection of masterworks bringing together some of the most...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 12 Sep 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to participate live in The Armory Show in New York,9-12 September 2021. Our booth will unveil recent and important works by the gallery's stable of New York, London and Cuba-based contemporary artists, including Yoan Capote, Awol Erizku, Vik Muniz, Nabil Nahas, José Parlá, Enoc Perez, Ena Swansea, Hank Willis Thomas and Gavin Turk. The curated selection will include quilts, paintings, photographs and sculptures straight from the artists' studios, illuminating the engaging and innovative practices of the gallery's diverse and talented team of contemporary artists.Read more
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Art Basel Hong Kong
19 - 23 May 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to return to Art Basel Hong Kong fair 2021, with a curated presentation highlighting the gallery's stable of international...Read more -
Frieze Viewing Room
New York Edition 5 - 14 May 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to announce our participation in Frieze Online Viewing Room, 5-14 May 2021, where we will present a curated virtual...Read more -
FIAC Online Viewing Rooms
VIP opening 2-4th March 4 - 7 Mar 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to announce our participation in FIAC (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain) Online Viewing Rooms, 2-7 March 2021, where we will...Read more -
Photo London Digital
7 - 18 Oct 2020Preview: 5-6 October 2020 Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong, is pleased to participate in Photo London 2020, in its first digital iteration...Read more