Glenn Brown in Bath at the Holburne Museum
Published on 08/27/2026 at 14:37 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Glenn Brown is on view in Bath this summer, with a two-site presentation centered on the Holburne Museum. According to the museum's exhibition page, Glenn Brown in Bath: Arrows of Desire runs from May 16, 2026 to September 6, 2026.
Bath as the current stage
The Holburne show places Brown's recent paintings among English and Dutch works from the permanent collection. It also includes smaller drawings in antique frames in adjoining galleries, a format that sharpens the dialogue between his work and the museum setting. Holburne Museum exhibition page
The Bath project is a double presentation. At No. 1 Royal Crescent, Brown's Grottoesque runs in parallel and responds to Georgian architecture and the shell grotto tradition.
What the Bath show adds
Brown has built his reputation through paintings, drawings and sculpture that borrow from art history and push the source image into something stranger. The Bath exhibitions make that method legible in public view: one museum stresses collection dialogue, the other a site-specific response.
That split matters because Brown's practice often depends on friction between the old and the newly made. In Bath, the museum context gives that friction a clear frame, rather than leaving it as a studio-only proposition.
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How Brown works
Brown is best known for painting, but his practice also spans drawing and sculpture. He mines old masters, popular imagery and reproduction culture, then turns those sources into heavily worked surfaces with a distinct, often disquieting finish.
That combination has made him a durable figure in contemporary British painting. The work is immediate in appearance, but it rewards slow looking because the source, surface and facture never settle into a single reading.
Where Brown stands now
Glenn Brown currently has a live museum presence in Bath through September 6, 2026.
Glenn Brown at a glance
- Artist: Glenn Brown
- Medium / Genre: Painting, drawing and sculpture
- Born: 1966, Hexham, England
- Place(s) of practice: Bath, England and London, England
- Active since: 1995
- Key work groups: portrait appropriations, landscape paintings, grotesque heads, drawings
- Current/last exhibition: Glenn Brown in Bath: Arrows of Desire - Holburne Museum, Bath - May 16, 2026 to September 6, 2026
- Major collections: Tate (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne)
- Awards: Turner Prize nominee, 2000
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Glenn Brown
Where is Glenn Brown currently on view?
At the Holburne Museum in Bath, where Glenn Brown in Bath: Arrows of Desire runs until September 6, 2026.
What is the date for Glenn Brown in Bath: Arrows of Desire?
The Holburne Museum lists the exhibition from May 16, 2026 to September 6, 2026.
What does Glenn Brown's work focus on?
His practice centers on painting, drawing and sculpture that rework art-historical and reproduced imagery into elaborate, highly finished surfaces.
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