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Makers of Dreams: Ben Brown on the enduring legacy of Les Lalanne and stepping into their visionary wonderland
Ben Brown interviewed by John-Paul Pryor for House Collective July 12, 2022 The late François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, collectively known as Les Lalanne, were one of the most prolific artistic duos of... Read more -
10 Cuban Artists Who Are Shaping Contemporary Art
Salomé Gómez-Upegui for Artsy July 7, 2022 Havana-based artist and Guggenheim fellow Yoan Capote works across sculpture, painting, photography, installation, and video to explore subjects of migration... Read more -
Must See London Exhibition: Claridge’s + Ben Brown Present ‘Les Lalanne: Makers of Dreams’
Ken Scrudato for BalckBook Magazine July 1, 2022 In an eerily similar instance, French sculptor Claude Lalanne passed away in 2019 (aged 95), outliving her husband and working... Read more -
5 Museum-Quality Paintings for Sale at TEFAF Maastricht
Paul Laster for Artsy June 28, 2022 Touting itself as the world's leading art and antiques fair, The European Fine Art Fair-popularly known as TEFAF-delivers on its... Read more
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Gavin Turk Unveils New Public Sculpture in Cambridge
Artlyst June 22, 2022 The British artist Gavin Turk has created a new public artwork Inspired by surrealist artistic methodologies and the 'myth' of... Read more -
‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings
Murray Whyte for Boston Globe June 16, 2022 As part of the inaugural Embrace Ideas Festival, the artist spoke in depth about his long-awaited memorial to Martin Luther... Read more -
The “own voice” in the work of Enoc Pérez
HTNEWS May 28, 2022 For the Puerto Rican artist Enoch Perez , the craft of painting is his means of expression, the one he... Read more -
Les Lalanne: Makers of Dreams
Air Mail May 25, 2022 The Parisian couple Claude and Françoise-Xavier Lalanne called themselves “Les Lalanne.” They came to prominence in the 1960s—together!—but they created... Read more
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Les Lalanne: Makers of Dreams "Unless you enter their world, you can't begin to understand how interesting it is ..."
By TDE Editorial Team for Design Edit May 25, 2022 ON THURSDAY 28TH April, Ben Brown Fine Arts London will open the largest exhibition of works by Claude and François-Xavier... Read more -
Les Lalanne, Schütte And Gursky London Spring Exhibition Highlights – Revd Jonathan Evens
Artlyst May 23, 2022 Re-enchantment, magnification and framing; are some of the approaches utilised in three shows which demonstrate the diversity and vitality of... Read more -
A Whimsical Menagerie of Les Lalanne Works Are on View in a Sprawling Show in London—See Images of the Delightful Exhibition Here
Artnet News May 3, 2022 The exhibition 'Makers of Dreams' brings together over 100 works by the late artistic duo François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne. Few... Read more -
BEN BROWN FINE ARTS HAS OPENED LES LALANNE: MAKERS OF DREAMS
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine April 28, 2022 Ben Brown Fine Arts has opened Les Lalanne: Makers of Dreams, an extensive survey of the work of the late... Read more
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We’re going la-la for Les Lalanne
Victoria Woodcock for FT How To Spend It April 28, 2022 On London’s Brook’s Mews last week, a grizzly bear had just arrived in a van. Minutes later, the delivery team... Read more -
Believe It
Hank Willis Thomas interviewed by Emann Odufu for Office Magazine April 20, 2022 'I first came across the work of visual artist Hank Willis Thomas reading a book called Who We Be: The... Read more -
Candida Höfer composes staggering portraits of vacant public spaces
Emily Mcdermott for Wallpaper March 28, 2022 We profile German photographer Candida Höfer, who is known for powerful large-format photographs of public spaces around the world. Although... Read more -
THE TOP 5 EXHIBITIONS TO SEE IN LONDON RIGHT NOW
Tabish Khan for FAD Magazine March 27, 2022 Vik Muniz recreates some of art history’s most recognised artworks through a collage of materials as varied as diamonds and... Read more
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Colonies’ experience of imperialism the theme of Ghosts of Empires, two-part group art show opening in Hong Kong
By Enid Tsui for the South China Morning Post March 22, 2022 Hong Kong often sees its experience as a European colony as an exception rather than the rule. And so it... Read more -
Beyond Beyoncé Fame, Awol Erizku Expands What Black Art Can Be
Robin Pogrebin for New York Times March 8, 2022 LOS ANGELES — True, Awol Erizku may be best known for his beatific photograph of a pregnant Beyoncé, which in... Read more -
In the presence of absence: inside Candida Höfer’s unpeopled public buildings
Christian House for FT Magazine February 20, 2022 Some 20 years ago, a friend and I got shut inside Hamburg’s Kunsthalle. It was winter, late afternoon and dark.... Read more -
Black American Portraits exhibition at LACMA
Hank Willis Thomas portrait included in landmark exhibition at LACMA January 27, 2022 To complement the presentation of The Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald on tour from the Smithsonian’s National... Read more
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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, 2022 Ben Brown Fine Arts Gallery will present the works of Vik Muniz in a special exhibition titled “Vik Muniz: A... Read more -
Hank Willis Thomas Questions the Stars and the Bars
Kayne Griffin for FRIEZE November 12, 2021 'We live in the 'Land of the Free', which also happens to be the place that imprisons more people than... Read more -
E28. Dissolving the Illusion with Artist Hank Willis Thomas
The Institute of Black Imagination October 31, 2021 'Today’s episode is with conceptual artist, Hank Willis Thomas. Hailing from the mean streets of Plainfield, NJ… That’s a joke,... Read more -
THE TOP 5 EXHIBITIONS TO SEE IN LONDON AFTER FRIEZE WEEK
Tabish Khan for FAD Magazine October 18, 2021 Tabish Khan picks his top exhibitions to see right now, the art fairs have left town but there’s plenty of... Read more
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Robot lends a hand for RA’s portrait of curator Shonibare
Robert Dex for the Evening Standard September 24, 2021 Technology meets tradition at this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition with the first painting by a robot in its more... Read more -
Yoan Capote ‘When a Cuban looks at the sea, he remembers the isolation and pain of thousands of families’
Yoan Capote interviewed by Anna Mcnay for Studio International Magazine September 23, 2021 The artist talks about his new series of large-scale paintings, Requiem, and how his work is influenced by timeless themes... Read more -
Gold Hooks and Political Looks – Yoan Capote
Trebuchet Magazine September 16, 2021 Renowned Cuban artist Yoan Capote is rustling into town and will show at Ben Brown Fine Arts now that lockdown... Read more -
Dissolutions of Gender: Ze/Ro Exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts
By Sakina Abidi for Prestige August 20, 2021 The Ze/Ro exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts is sparked by the idea of an increasingly gender-neutral world. The curator... Read more
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Ena Swansea: Interview of the Month June 2021 for Artlyst
By Paul Carey-Kent June 29, 2021 There's an aura of mystery to Ena Swansea. Her big, impressive paintings are now on show at Ben Brown Fine... Read more -
BEN BROWN FINE ARTS PRESENTS GREEN LIGHT BY ENA SWANSEA
Adam Peter Hicks for Client Magazine US June 15, 2021 American artist Ena Swansea presents her solo exhibition 'Green Light' with Ben Brown Fine Arts. The London location will host... Read more -
In middle of hot art market, Ben Brown Fine Arts opens Worth Avenue gallery
Bill DiPaolo for the Palm Beach Daily News June 13, 2021 A grinning, 4-foot-high cast bronze gorilla sitting in the front window has been drawing attention from pedestrians since Ben Brown... Read more -
Ena Swansea: Urban Romanics
Metal Magazine June 3, 2021 Ena Swansea was born in 1966 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and studied film and painting at the University of South... Read more
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Awol Erizku in conversation with curator Daniel S. Palmer
This digital event was part of the Frieze New York 2021 Tribute to the Vision & Justice Project May 20, 2021 Erizku’s free virtual conversation on May 10th accompanied New Visions for Iris, the artist’s most ambitious exhibition to date. He... Read more -
Frank Auerbach / Tony Bevan: What is a Head?
Time Out Hong Kong May 18, 2021 Open from May 15 to July 3, Frank Auerbach / Tony Bevan: What is a Head? is an exhibition that... Read more -
green light – Ena Swansea
Trebuchet magazine May 14, 2021 'The repeating motifs almost seem to function as frames of a film that cannot be made.' Ena Swansea's new works... Read more -
For Art’s Sake: Ben Brown on the Present and Future of the Art World
By Marta Colombo for Prestige Magazine May 12, 2021 Renowned international gallerist Ben Brown Fine Arts opened his first location in the early 2000s in London's Mayfair, where the... Read more
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Frank Auerbach and Tony Bevan make us feel the thrill of stepping into a gallery
Waldemar Januszczak for The Times April 18, 2021 Stepping into an art gallery after the interminable months of screen-watching was more slap than hug. There was a sense... Read more -
The Picasso Museum in Malaga showcases the creative universe of Miquel Barceló
Vozpopuli magazine April 13, 2021 It seems that Miquel Barceló's creativity has no limits. The exhibition that the Picasso Museum of Malaga hosts until September,... Read more -
An artistic dream realized for Hank Willis Thomas
By Celina Colby for The Bay State Banner March 26, 2021 Last week, the Boston Art Commission approved artist Hank Willis Thomas' final design for 'The Embrace,' a sculptural tribute to... Read more -
Landscapes of The Mind - An Interview with Tony Bevan
By Balasz Takac March 12, 2021 What Is A Head? The Connections and Impulses Widewalls: The comparison between your and the work of Frank Auerbach seems... Read more
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Invisibility and Everything to All: Gavin Turk
Trebuchet Magazine March 9, 2021 What is the basic material of art? Imagination? Expectation? Authorship? In 2017, Gavin Turk created a series of invisible sculptures... Read more -
Enoc Perez, Brigitte Schindler, Carlo Mollino Mollino/Insides at Collezione Maramotti
Artforum Spotlight March 3, 2021 Collezione Maramotti, in collaboration with Museo Casa Mollino, is presenting “Mollino/Insides”, an exhibition that brings together paintings by Enoc Perez and photographs by Brigitte Schindler and Carlo Mollino. Read more -
Heinz Mack: Art is also a food
Leonberger Kreiszeitung March 1, 2021 Düsseldorf - THE ZERO artist Heinz Mack is the futurist among the artists. As early as the 1950s, the adventurous... Read more -
Israeli skyscraper designed by Ron Arad wins top honours at 2021 CTBUH awards
TradeArabia News Service March 1, 2021 An Israeli office development project, ToHA Tower 1, located in capital Tel Aviv, has won big at The Council on... Read more
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José Parlá | BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
Max Lakin for Artforum March 1, 2021 'It's Yours,' José Parlá's solo exhibition of recent paintings here, took its name from Bronx rapper T La Rock's 1984... Read more -
The piano as a medium of the soul
By Sigrid Blomen-Radermacher March 1, 2021 Scientists from the arts, music and psychology illuminated Heinz Mack's relationship to music with the Zero Foundation. Read more -
At Picasso, Miquel Barceló testifies to a passionate inner life
By lepetitjournal.com Andalusia February 25, 2021 Each of the works in the Metamorphosis exhibition by artist Miquel Barceló draws attention to the artist's transhumant cultural condition,... Read more -
Awol Erizku’s Strange, Striking Photographs Will Grace Hundreds of Bus Shelters Across New York and Chicago
Caroline Goldstein for Artnet News February 25, 2021 What Public Art Fund says: 'Awol Erizku's distinctive visual language emerges from thoughtful, contemplative underpinnings into layered, colorful, and striking... Read more
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Hank Willis Thomas | How the Wide Awakes Art Collective Mobilized a Roving Food Truck to Serve Some of New York’s Neediest Neighborhoods
Sarah Cascone for Artnet News February 25, 2021 In the wake of the 2020 US presidential election, art-world activist collective the Wide Awakes remains dedicated to its collaborative... Read more -
Hank Willis Thomas | Speed Art Museum will reflect on the death of Breonna Taylor in an exhibition
Gabriella Angeleti for The Art Newspaper February 25, 2021 The artists Theaster Gates, Amy Sherald, Hank Willis Thomas and other contributors will lead an advisory panel on a forthcoming... Read more -
The London Collective Online
Artlyst February 24, 2021 London Collective is the first collective of its kind, bringing together 40 of London’s leading contemporary galleries on the new... Read more -
José Parlá | WE NEED TO TALK: ARTS CALENDAR: FEBRUARY 11-14
Shana Nys Dambrot for LA Weekly February 12, 2021 Together at the National YoungArts Foundation. An innovative, creative fundraising campaign, Together is centered in a commissioned short film that... Read more
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Vik Muniz | The Iconic Journey
Workshop with Vik Muniz at the University of Navarra Museum, on February 24, 2021 February 11, 2021 In conversation with Vik Muniz and under his instructions, using materials and means provided in situ, the participants in this... Read more -
What I Buy and Why: Art Dealer Ben Brown on the Tiny Matisse in His Bathroom and the One Massive Installation He’s Never Displayed
Naomi Rea for Artnet News February 11, 2021 Gallerists are the first to tell you about that great new artist everyone is coveting. But eagle-eyed collectors often know... Read more -
WORLD ARTIST HEINZ MACK SHOWS HIS WORK IN THE KUNSTPALAST Exhibition of Hope in Düsseldorf
Lisa Unverfert for Bild February 11, 2021 Düsseldorf - His light installations in the most extraordinary places on our planet made him world famous: Heinz Mack (89),... Read more -
Djamel Tatah | Stones, masks and matches: A decade of Middle Eastern art A new book by the British Museum's Middle East art curator Venetia Porter presents an eclectic set of artworks evoking the region's recent history
Tim Cornwell for Middle East Eye February 10, 2021 The British Museum’s Islamic and Contemporary Middle East art curator Venetia Porter has authored a new book, Reflections, showcasing the... Read more
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Ron Arad | 80-floor ToHa2 Tel Aviv tower design approved
Guy Nardi for Globes February 10, 2021 The Tel Aviv Local Planning and Building Committee has approved the design plan for the 80-floor ToHa2 tower. The new... Read more -
Vik Muniz | ‘Shameful and Misguided’: Former Met Staff and Others Say the Museum Would Set a Dangerous Precedent by Selling Art to Cover Costs
Eileen Kinsella for Artnet News February 10, 2021 The practice of deaccessioning has never failed to incite controversy. But the stakes are even higher now that the Metropolitan... Read more -
Tony Bevan RA Head 2004 – Significant Works
Sue Hubbard for Artlyst February 9, 2021 Western philosophy has long struggled with the relationship between mind and body. If the mind is ‘internal’ what is its... Read more -
Amanda Gorman, Photographed by Artist Awol Erizku for TIME Cover
by Mark Westall for FAD Magazine February 8, 2021 TIME Magazine 's new cover features American poet Amanda Gorman, photographed by Ethiopian-American artist Awol Erizku. Erizku is quickly becoming... Read more
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Gavin Turk | 10 amazing places to visit in Aberdeenshire for your staycation in 2021
Katrina Tweedie for Leeds Live February 8, 2021 Aberdeen Art Gallery Housed in a superb Victorian building designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, this is the largest public art... Read more -
Awol Erizku Shoots Amanda Gorman for TIME
Artnet News February 5, 2021 Awol Erizku Shoots Amanda Gorman for TIME - The in-demand photographer shot the American poet Amanda Gorman for the cover... Read more -
Awol Erizku | Amanda Gorman Covers TIME Black Renaissance Issue
Keyaira Boone for Essence Magazine February 4, 2021 TIME magazine is releasing a special issue honoring the current expansion of Black culture and the arts which has been... Read more -
Awol Erizku | The Story Behind TIME’s Amanda Gorman Cover
Sanya Mansoor for TIME Magazine February 4, 2021 Amanda Gorman's eloquent poetry at Joe Biden's presidential Inauguration soothed many Americans still reeling just two weeks after pro-Trump supporters... Read more
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Hank Willis Thomas | Grief and grievance: how artists respond to racial violence in America
Nadja Sayej for The Guardian February 4, 2021 A t a time when black Americans are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 as their white counterparts while... Read more -
'I wanted to honor this moment': what to expect from US artists in 2021 | Awol Erizku
by Nadja Sayej for The Guardian January 25, 2021 On 24 February, the Public Art Fund launches an outdoor photo exhibition by the Ethiopian American artist Awol Erizku. On... Read more -
José Parlá | National YoungArts Foundation’s new animated short takes flight with help from KAWS and Shepard Fairey
Kelsey Ables for The Washington Post January 24, 2021 When the National YoungArts Foundation asked Brooklyn-based artist José Parlá to contribute an image of a bird to an upcoming... 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, 2021 To prepare for the Boca Raton Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition Glasstress , Kathleen Goncharov, the museum's senior curator only... Read more
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Hank Willis Thomas’s Poignant Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Will Be Unveiled in Boston Next Fall
Taylor Dafoe for Artnet January 15, 2021 A 22-foot-tall bronze memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King will be unveiled next year in... Read more -
A Racial Equity Monument, From Hank Willis Thomas, Is Set for Boston
Sophie Haigney for The New York Times January 14, 2021 Next year, the nation's oldest public park, the Boston Common, will unveil one of the largest memorials in the country... Read more -
Art Attack
Mayfair Times by Reyhaan Day January 14, 2021 Works by two of Britain's leading figurative painters, Frank Auerbach and Tony Bevan, are on display at Ben Brown Fine... Read more -
Exhibition of works by Frank Auerbach and Tony Bevan at Ben Brown Fine Arts
Art Daly, by Jose Villareal December 17, 2020 LONDON.- Ben Brown Fine Arts , London, is presenting the exhibition Frank Auerbach / Tony Bevan: What Is A Head?,... Read more
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The Art Angle Podcast: Why Awol Erizku Is So Much More Than Just Beyoncé’s Baby Photographer
ArtNet News December 7, 2020 The journey to becoming one of the most acclaimed photographers of his generation-at the tender age of 32-wasn't exactly a... Read more -
The Best Art Exhibitions in London | Frank Auerbach/Tony Bevan: What Is A Head?
Country & Town House, by Dina Nagapetyants December 7, 2020 A new exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Mayfair features portraits by two of Britain’s leading figurative painters: Frank... Read more -
Artist Rosamond Brown And Ben Brown Reflect On Hong Kong's Growing Art Scene
Hong Kong Tatler, by Marianna Cerini December 3, 2020 Artist and art patron Rosamond Brown and her son, gallerist Ben Brown, reflect on how Hong Kong's art scene has... Read more -
ArtReview Power 100 | Hank Willis Thomas
Artist - Cofounder of For Freedoms #40 in 2020 December 3, 2020 'Public art is propaganda,' the American artist said at the end of last year. 'White men on horses looking down... Read more
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10 Galleries To Visit At Hong Kong Spotlight By Art Basel
Hong Kong Tatler, by Oliver Giles December 2, 2020 Ben Brown Fine Arts is showcasing two very different approaches to abstraction in its booth, hanging some of Gerhard Richter's... Read more -
Head Shots: Frank Auerbach And Tony Bevan Together At Ben Brown
Artlyst, by Paul Carter Robinson November 23, 2020 An exciting new exhibition Frank Auerbach / Tony Bevan: What Is A Head?, curated by Michael Peppiatt has been announced... Read more -
Hank Willis Thomas' "All Things Being Equal" Explores Pop Culture, Race and Gender at the Cincinnati Art Museum
CityBeat October 28, 2020 The Cincinnati Art Museum's multimedia mid-career survey of artist Hank Willis Thomas is on display now through Nov. 8. Hank... Read more -
VIK MUNIZ at Museo Universidad de Navarra
September 16, 2020 23 September 2020 - 22 March 2021 Museo Universidad de Navarra Campus Universitario 31009 Pamplona Spain We are proud... Read more
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