Ben Brown: A Gallery Owner with a Sharp Eye

Ben Brown spent over ten years as head of the Sotheby's contemporary art department for which he created the Italian art sales section. After two years as co-director of the Waddington Galleries in London, he decided to set up in the heart of Mayfair, opening his own gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts, in 2004. In 2009, he inaugurated a new permanent space in the Pedder Building in Hong Kong. Dividing his time between the two, he also attends fairs. The Armory Show in New York in early March, will be followed by the TEFAF in Maastricht, where he has been a member of the board of directors since 2017. Where does your interest in contemporary Italian art come from? It started long before I started working in auctions.…