Christopher Le Brun

Final week to view in New York, Christopher Le Brun: Works on Paper. ⁠ ⁠ Presented here, the "Untitled (OP)" and "Study for St Erth" series explore the tension between abstraction and figuration through layered, gestural compositions. The paintings are characterized by sweeping brushwork, atmospheric color fields, and elusive forms that seem to emerge and dissolve within the canvas. ⁠ ⁠ Image 2⁠ untitled (OP6), 2023⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 29 3/4 x 41 1/4 inches⁠ 75.5 x 104.8 cm⁠ ⁠ Image 3⁠ Study for St Erth 2, 1, 2022⁠ Acrylic on paper⁠ 41 1/8 x 29 3/4 inches⁠ 104.5 x 75.5 cm⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun

London Original Print Fair Somerset House, Booth S9 @manifoldeditions are showing woodcuts from my series Changing Light, 2018 at the @londonoriginalprintfair . 14 - 17 May 2026. DM Manifold Editions for tickets. #originalprint #woodcut

Now on view in New York, Christopher Le Brun: Works on Paper ⁠ ⁠ Born in Portsmouth in 1951, Christopher Le Brun trained at the Slade and Chelsea Schools of Art,London. In his early career, he was a double prizewinner at the John Moores exhibitions (1978, 1980), also showing in the Venice Biennale (1980) and the ground-breaking exhibition ‘Zeitgeist’ (1982) at the Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin. ⁠ ⁠ His recent solo exhibitions have been at Almine Rech, Paris, France (2025); Albertz Benda, New York, NY, USA (2024); Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2024); Lisson Gallery Beijing, China (2024); Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, USA (2023); Lisson Gallery London, UK (2022); Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China (2021); Albertz Benda, New York, USA (2020); Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, UK (2018); Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK (2018). Le Brun served as a trustee of Tate from 1990–1995; The National Gallery from 1996–2003; the Dulwich Picture Gallery from 2000–2005; and as a founding trustee of the Royal Drawing School from 2003–2016. He was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery between 2012-19. He was elected the first Professor of Drawing of the Royal Academy, London in 2000, where he also served as President from 2011-2019, the 26th since Sir Joshua Reynolds and the youngest since Lord Leighton in 1878.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Image 2⁠ untitled (OP11), 2024⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 29 7/8 x 41 1/8 inches⁠ 76 x 104.5 cm⁠ ⁠ Image 3⁠ untitled (OP10), 2024⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 29 7/8 x 41 1/8 inches⁠ 76 x 104.5 cm⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun

Now on view in New York, Christopher Le Brun: Works on Paper ⁠ ⁠ Presented as a set, Times of The Year features four paintings on paper that align with the seasons. Depicted from left to right are the lush colors of a blossoming Spring, the radiant warmth of Summer, the changing of leaves in Autumn, and the cool, dark tones of Winter. ⁠ ⁠ A heightened awareness of the physicality of the painting process with its dramatic tension between revealing and covering, has been a central feature of Le Brun's work that unites all its phases whether abstract or figurative. ⁠ ⁠ Times of the Year (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter), 2024⁠ Oil on paper (four part work)⁠ 29 7/8 x 41 1/8 inches (each)⁠ 76 x 104.5 cm⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun

IFPDA - Print Fair, New York Paragon | Contemporary Editions present my new series of unique hand coloured etchings, Phases I, II and III, 2026 on Stand C49. The imagery is inspired by the moon, and lunar references from art history. The disc form has been present in my work from the earliest days at art school. It has become a recurring motif in my work over the past two years. Contrasting warm and cool colour echoes the rhythm of sunlight and moonlight throughout the day. Preview 9 April | public days 10-12 April Park Avenue Armory, NY Phases I 8, 2026, oil on etching, 75 x 105 cm Phases II 1, 2026, oil on etching, 75 x 105 cm Phases III 3, 2026, oil on etching, 75 x 105 cm @paragon.press.contemporary.ed

Now on view in New York, Christopher Le Brun: Works on Paper. ⁠ ⁠ Within the exhibition, Le Brun employs a mastery of touch and colour alongside a profound understanding of art history and a wide range of visual, musical and literary sources. He has remained consistent in adhering to what he feels to be the essential poetry and pleasure of painting for its own sake, led by intuition and visual imagination and resistant to external justification.⁠ ⁠ Image 2 ⁠ Moon Rising 6, 2025⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 41 3/8 x 29 7/8 inches⁠ 105 x 76 cm⁠ ⁠ Image 3⁠ Moon Rising 5, 2025⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 41 3/8 x 29 7/8 inches⁠ 105 x 76 cm⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun ⁠

Art Paris Almine Rech present two of my paintings, Unenclosed II and Margin, on booth B8. Other exhibited artists include Joël Andrianomearisoa, Oliver Beer, John Giorno, Joseph Kosuth, Heinz Mack, Serge Poliakoff, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Johan Creten, Minjung Kim, Brian Calvin, Sasha Ferré, Angela Heisch, Gregor Hildebrandt, Jean Miotte, Jean Dewasne, Thu-Van Tran, Francesco Vezzoli, Inès Longevial, and Paul de Flers. Unenclosed II, 2024, oil on canvas, 105 x 135 cm Margin, 2025, oil on canvas, 105 x 135 cm @alminerech @artparisartfair

albertz benda is pleased to present Works on Paper, Christopher Le Brun's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view in New York from April 9 to May 16, 2026.⁠ ⁠ Le Brun belongs to an illustrious lineage of painter-draftsmen for whom paper is a medium of creative renewal, where the artist’s intention is intimately revealed and the exchange between thought and mark most immediate.⁠ ⁠ Le Brun explains, "many things that I most value from all periods happen to have been made on paper, simply because that was to hand, and with⁠ little thought at the time of what to do with them or what they were for. Paradoxically, in the long run, that may have preserved an element of truth."⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun

albertz benda is pleased to present Works on Paper, Christopher Le Brun's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view in New York from April 9 to May 16, 2026.⁠ ⁠ Recurring motifs run throughout Works on Paper. An enduring image in Le Brun’s early practice, the sphere is at once a compositional and symbolic presence. It reappears here transformed by abstraction yet grounded in direct observation. Since relocating to Somerset in 2022, Le Brun's attunement to the natural world has deepened through immersion. The grid, meanwhile, operates as a mark that has become central to his⁠ work over the past decade, in these works drawn directly onto the surface with a paint tube.⁠ ⁠ With Works on Paper, we are offered a cipher into Le Brun's⁠ oeuvre - not through preparatory drawings or studies, but⁠ through paintings on paper, each a layered record of⁠ accumulation and revelation.⁠ ⁠ untitled (OP11), 2024⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 29 7/8 x 41 1/8 inches⁠ 76 x 104.5 cm⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun

albertz benda is pleased to present Works on Paper, Christopher Le Brun's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view in New York from April 9 to May 16, 2026.⁠ ⁠ This will be the first exhibition in the US to focus solely on his paintings on paper, revealing the generative exchange between drawing, printmaking, and painting - all three processes essential to Le Brun's practice.⁠ ⁠ Charged with lyrical intensity, the works on view pair the freedom that paper has always afforded LeBrun with the full richness of his painting. For Le Brun, paper is not a neutral base, it is a found object of sorts.⁠ ⁠ Words and Music, 2025⁠ Oil on paper⁠ 68 1/4 × 60 inches⁠ 173.5 × 152.5 cm⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @_christopherlebrun

Works on Paper Albertz Benda, New York, 9 April - 23 May 2026 The first exhibition in the US to focus solely on Le Brun’s paintings on paper, revealing the generative exchange between drawing, printmaking, and painting – all three processes essential to the artist’s practice. With ‘Works on Paper’, we are offered a cipher into Le Brun’s oeuvre - not through preparatory drawings or studies, but through paintings on paper, each a layered record of accumulation and revelation.

“Many things that I most value from all periods happen to have been made on paper, simply because that was to hand, and with little thought at the time of what to do with them or what they were for. Paradoxically, in the long run, that may have preserved an element of truth.” Moon Rising 6, 2025, oil on paper, 105 x 76cm @albertzbenda #paintingonpaper #oilonpaper

Art Basel Hong Kong Lisson Gallery present my painting, Phases of the Moon V, on booth 1C15. Lisson Gallery returns to Art Basel Hong Kong, showcasing a selection of works by artists from its roster, along with a presentation by Masaomi Yasunaga at Encounters, with booth highlights including works by Olga de Amaral, Tony Cragg, Shirazeh Houshiary, Tishan Hsu, Leiko Ikemura, Oliver Lee Jackson, Anish Kapoor, Josh Kline, Christopher Le Brun, Li Ran, Tatsuo Miyajima, Julian Opie, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Masaomi Yasunaga and Yu Hong. The fair continues until Sunday 29 March. Phases of the Moon V, 2025, oil on canvas 161 x 401 cm Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery. Photo by Stephen White & Co. @lisson_gallery @artbasel