Gavin Brown (art dealer)

Gavin Brown is a British art dealer, the owner of Gavin Brown's Enterprise, the gallery he established in 1994 on Broome Street, in SoHo, and now at 620 Greenwich Street, New York City.[1]

Early life and education

Brown grew up in Croydon. 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 Chelsea College of Arts. At Anthony d’Offay Gallery in London, 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’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 Chelsea Hotel, 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 2014, The Guardian named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".[5]

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][6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/24/arts/art-review-blood-and-punk-royalty-to-grunge-royalty.html?pagewanted=1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. ↑ Farago, Jason (8 May 2014). "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Elizabeth Hayt (June 4, 2000), Fame and Disdain on Far West 15th St. New York Times.