Cecily Brown is one of the most celebrated contemporary painters. Renowned for her dynamic works that dissolve boundaries between abstraction and figuration, her work is informed by Old Masters, Abstract Expressionism, and popular culture. Her work frequently explores themes of sexuality, nature, and human relationships.
She has been the subject of numerous institutional exhibitions, most recently “Themes and Variations” at the Dallas Museum of Art, “Death and the Maid,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2023), “Cecily Brown,” Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2022); “The Triumph of Death,” Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples (2022); “Cecily Brown,” at Blenheim Palace, UK (2020–2021); “Where, When, How Often and with Whom” at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (2018); “If Paradise Were Half as Nice,” Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2018).
