# Harry Blain

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{{short description|British art dealer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
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| caption          = Harry Blain, art dealer
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'''Harry Blain''' is a British art dealer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2009-03-12 |title=Is Harry Blain Britart's most powerful man? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/is-harry-blain-britarts-most-powerful-man-1642909.html |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Career==
 
Blain opened his first gallery, Blains Fine Art, in 1992.<ref name=":0" /> It staged a number of notable exhibitions, including ''In the Eye of the Beholder'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=in the eye of the beholder |url=https://www.newexhibitions.com/e/43380 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.newexhibitions.com}}</ref> a group show which brought together works by [Matisse](/source/Matisse), [Degas](/source/Degas) and [Andy Warhol](/source/Andy_Warhol), as well as ''London School'', a show featuring paintings by [Francis Bacon](/source/Francis_Bacon), [Lucian Freud](/source/Lucian_Freud), [Frank Auerbach](/source/Frank_Auerbach) and [Leon Kossoff](/source/Leon_Kossoff).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Auerbach, Head of JYM, 1983 |url=https://www.jameshymangallery.com/artists/30-frank-auerbach/works/445-frank-auerbach-head-of-jym-1983/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=James Hyman Gallery |language=en}}</ref> In 2002, Blains Fine Art was renamed Haunch of Venison,<ref name=":0" /> taking its name from the street in Mayfair where it was located. Exhibitions included surveys of [Abstract Expressionism](/source/Abstract_Expressionism)<ref>[http://www.nysun.com/arts/an-auspicious-launch-for-new-yorks-haunch/85587/ The New York Sun, September 2010]</ref> and late twentieth century Russian art<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/art/event/182347/glasnost |title=Time Out, May 2010 |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018083211/http://www.timeout.com/london/art/event/182347/glasnost |archive-date=2012-10-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in New York and London respectively. It also acquired spaces in Berlin, Zurich, New York and Moscow designed by [David Adjaye](/source/David_Adjaye) and [Caruso St John](/source/Caruso_St_John).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-19 |title=Blain Southern Gallery |url=https://carusostjohn.com/projects/blain-southern-gallery/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Caruso St John Architects |language=en}}</ref> Haunch of Venison was acquired by Christie’s in 2007,<ref name=":0" /> with Blain running the auction house's Global private sales. The gallery subsequently moved to 6 Burlington Gardens, formerly the home of The Museum of Mankind.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Byrnes |first=Sholto |date=2012-04-10 |title=The artful dodgers: Graham Southern and Harry Blain |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-artful-dodgers-graham-southern-and-harry-blain-6524709.html |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> The gallery represented more than 50 artists, including five Turner Prize winners, amongst them [Rachel Whiteread](/source/Rachel_Whiteread), [Tony Cragg](/source/Tony_Cragg) and [Richard Long](/source/Richard_Long_(artist)). In 2010, Blain, along with fellow director [Graham Southern](/source/Graham_Southern), set up a new gallery, Blain|Southern,<ref name=":1" /> with spaces in London and New York, while also founding with Emmanuel di Donna, Blain di Donna,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Observer - You’re So Blain: Meet the Surreal New Upper East Side Gallery - News - Di Donna Galleries |url=https://www.didonna.com/news/the-observer3 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.didonna.com |language=en}}</ref> which focussed on [Modern Art](/source/Modern_Art). Blain|Southern staged a number of highly praised exhibitions, including ''[Lucian Freud](/source/Lucian_Freud) Drawings'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKENZIE |first=Dr JANET |title=Lucian Freud: Drawings |url=https://www.studiointernational.com/lucian-freud-drawings |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.studiointernational.com |language=en}}</ref> ''[Damien Hirst](/source/Damien_Hirst) and [Felix Gonzalez-Torres](/source/Felix_Gonzalez-Torres): Candy'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aesthetica Magazine - Review of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Damien Hirst: Candy at Blain {{!}} Southern, London |url=https://aestheticamagazine.com/felix-gonzalez-torres-and-damien-hirst-candy/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Aesthetica Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> as well as shows by [Bill Viola](/source/Bill_Viola),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aesthetica Magazine - Bill Viola, Moving Stillness, Blain Southern, London |url=https://aestheticamagazine.com/bill-viola-moving-stillness-blain-southern-london/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Aesthetica Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> [Marcel Duchamp](/source/Marcel_Duchamp)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcel Duchamp and the contemporary readymade ← Events ← Austrian Cultural Forum London |url=https://www.acflondon.org/events/marcel-duchamp-and-contemporary-readymade/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.acflondon.org}}</ref> and [Edward Kienholz](/source/Edward_Kienholz).<ref>{{Cite web |title=London – America My Hometown by Edward Kienholz at Blain Southern through July 14, 2018 |url=http://artobserved.com/2018/07/london-america-my-hometown-by-edward-kienholz-at-blain-southern-through-july-14-2018/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> The gallery closed in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=Art news daily: 13 February |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/blain-southern-closes-all-three-galleries-in-london-new-york-and-berlin/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Apollo Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and since then Blain has worked closely with a number of clients, assisting them in building their collections.
 
==Other projects==
 
Blain co-founded [Sedition](/source/Sedition) in 2011, establishing the first online marketplace for collectors to buy, share and sell digital artworks.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-11-25 |title=S[edition] |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/12094/1/sedition |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> Sedition is acknowledged as the forerunner to NFT’s.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-08-07 |title=Screen time: digital displays bring art to your home at the touch of a button |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/screen-time-digital-displays-bring-art-to-your-home-at-the-touch-of-a-button |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-01 |title=Digital art available on S[edition] |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2011/12/01/digital-art-available-on-sedition |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
 
Blain has been married twice and has four children. He actively supports various charities, including the Naked Heart Foundation<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-01 |title=From Russia, With Love |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/natalia-vodianova-valentino |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=W Magazine |language=en}}</ref> and has co-chaired events such as the NSPCC Ball.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-27 |title=Stella McCartney and Natalia Vodianova host the NSPCC’s Pop Art Ball |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/people-parties/news/a20409/stella-mccartney-and-natalia-vodianova-host-the-nspccs-pop-art-ball/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-GB}}</ref> He has frequently been listed as one of Britain’s most influential dealers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harry Blain & Graham Southern |url=https://artreview.com/artist/harry-blain-graham-southern/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=artreview.com |language=en}}</ref> He had a part in the [Wim Wenders](/source/Wim_Wenders) film, [Palermo Shooting](/source/Palermo_Shooting), in which he played an art dealer called Harry, appearing alongside [Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed), [Dennis Hopper](/source/Dennis_Hopper), [Milla Jovovich](/source/Milla_Jovovich) and Peter Lindberhg.<ref>{{Citation |last=Wenders |first=Wim |title=Palermo Shooting |date=2008-11-20 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1008017/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |others=Campino, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper |publisher=Neue Road Movies, P.O.R. Sicilia, Arte France Cinéma}}</ref>

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