Glenn Brown: We’ll Keep on Dancing Till We Pay the Rent

Featuring an interview with curator Massimiliano Gioni and an essay by novelist Andrew Winer, this beautifully illustrated catalog documents virtuosic new work by British artist Glenn Brown.

Published to accompany a 2022 exhibition in New York, We’ll Keep On Dancing Till We Pay the Rent showcases recent paintings, drawings, and sculptures in Glenn Brown’s inimitable style. These seventeen works, most never before seen in print, abound with references to art history as well as music, film, and other cultural forms. An interview with curator Massimiliano Gioni and an essay by novelist Andrew Winer reveal the inspiration and process of the Turner Prize-nominated artist. Lavish photography captures a range of colorful paintings, delicate sketches, and sculptures that resemble brushstrokes suspended in air.

Glenn Brown, CBE, is a British artist known for using art historical references in his paintings, drawings, and sculptures. His work was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000. Solo exhibitions include those at the Serpentine Gallery, London (2004); Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (2008); Tate Liverpool, England (2009); Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, France (2016); Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence, Italy (2017); British Museum, London (2018); and Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany (2023).

Massimiliano Gioni is the Edlis Neeson Artistic Director of the New Museum in New York. He also leads the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan and has organized and cocurated numerous international exhibitions including the Biennale di Venezia (2013), the Gwangju Biennale (2010), the New Museum Triennial (2009), the Berlin Biennale (2006), and Manifesta (2004). Recent exhibitions include Theaster Gates: Young Lords and Their Traces and Faith Ringgold: American People (both New Museum, 2022).

Andrew Winer is the author of the novels The Marriage Artist (2010) and The Color Midnight Made (2002). He also writes on philosophy and art.