Almine Rech is pleased to announce the representation of British artist Christopher Le Brun, in conjunction with Lisson Gallery and Albertz Benda.
The artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery will be on view at Almine Rech Paris, Turenne from 18 October to 15 November, 2025. The gallery will present works by Christopher Le Brun at Art Basel, Basel, June 2025.
Sir Christopher Le Brun (b. 1951, UK) is one of the leading British painters of his generation, celebrated internationally since the 1980s, making both figurative and abstract work in painting, sculpture, and print. He was an instrumental public figure in his role as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2011 to 2019. Since 1990 he has served as a Trustee of major British institutions at Tate, National Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and was a founding Trustee of the Royal Drawing School. He was awarded a Knighthood (Knight Bachelor) for services to the Arts in the 2021 New Year Honours.
"There aren’t any reasons for painting. That’s what is special about it. It doesn’t need justification. It’s essential that it is not used for other purposes. All the things which will, as it were, take away from what is mysterious about it."
— Christopher Le Brun
His work is in many museum collections including Tate, London, UK; The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US; Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (MOCAUP), Shenzhen, China; British Museum, London, UK; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland; The Whitworth, Manchester, UK; Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, US; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, US; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, US. Le Brun’s public sculptures include Union (horse with two discs) at the London Museum, UK; City Wing on the site of the original London Stock Exchange, UK; and The Monument to Victor Hugo in Saint Helier, Jersey, UK.
photo: Maureen M. Evans
