Gavin Brown (art dealer)

Gavin Brown is a British artist, art dealer, and owner of the gallery, Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York City.[1]

Early life and education

Brown grew up in Croydon in south London. His mother was a social worker; his father an architect, who abandoned the family when Brown was 11.[2] He attended Newcastle Polytechnic[3] – where his classmates included Matthew Higgs[2] – and later at Chelsea College of Arts. At Anthony d’Offay Gallery in London.[2] Brown worked as an assistant in the back room alongside Damien Hirst[2] before moving to New York in 1988 to continue his studies at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program.

Career

Brown began organizing exhibitions in the early 1990s – including one for 303 Gallery in 1991 as well as pop-ups in at the Hotel Chelsea, his apartment on the Upper West Side and in a cubicle he rented in a Midtown office building[2] – and opened his first gallery in Soho in 1994. In December 1993, he had a solo show of his own work at David Zwirner Gallery in Soho.[4]

In the early 2000s, Brown ran a gallery in Rome called Roma Roma Roma with fellow dealers Franco Noero and Toby Webster, who have galleries in Turin, Italy, and Glasgow, Scotland, respectively.[5]

In 2012 he took a lease in Los Angeles for 356 Mission, a gallery that is operated as an artist-run space by painter Laura Owens.[5]

In 2014, The Guardian named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".[6]

Controversy

Gavin Brown and painter Laura Owens have been accused of being involved with gentrification of a predominantly working-class, Hispanic neighborhood with their non-profit gallery 356 Mission in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights, on the east side of Los Angeles.[7] Activists of various anti-gentrification groups have protested their galleries and exhibitions in both Los Angeles and New York City.[7][8]

Personal life

Since 2011, Brown has been residing in Harlem where he moved with his wife, artist Hope Atherton, and their child. From a previous marriage with Scottish fashion designer, Lucy Barnes, Brown has three children.[2][9]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Roberta (1995-03-24). "ART REVIEW; Blood and Punk Royalty to Grunge Royalty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Diane Solway (July 16, 2013), The Enterprising Mr. Brown W.
  3. ↑ Eccles, Tom. "Gavin Brown". ArtReview. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Gavin Brown’s Other Enterprise: Dealer Will Exhibit His Own Artwork June 25 New York Observer, June 24, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Andrew Russeth (March 19, 2015), Gavin Brown Will Open a Space in Rome ARTnews.
  6. ↑ Farago, Jason (8 May 2014). "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Laura Owens Responds To Anti-Gentrification Protesters, Cites Death Threats". Frieze. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  8. ↑ "Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Laura Owens Exhibition at the Whitney Museum". Hyperallergic. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  9. ↑ Elizabeth Hayt (June 4, 2000), Fame and Disdain on Far West 15th St. New York Times.
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