New York gallery Olney Gleason has announced representation of London-based artist Pablo Bronstein, in collaboration with London gallery Herald St and Galleria Franco Noero. Bronstein’s first exhibition with Olney Gleason will open in September 2026.
Over the past twenty years, the Argentina-born artist has playfully reimagined histories of architecture in elaborate drawings that freely blend Baroque, Rococo, and Postmodern aesthetics in fantastical visions. His practice also expands into printmaking, site-specific installations, films, and choreography. He is known for works that toe the line between satire and kitsch, presenting invented narratives in the guise of historical documentation.
The upcoming exhibition will feature a new series of enlarged clock faces in acrylic on paper, an ongoing series the artist has been working on for close to a decade. These works extend the artist’s longstanding engagement with architectural history, decorative arts, and the visual culture of the bourgeoisie.
Classical Triumphant, 2026
Pablo Bronstein (b. 1977)
Olney Gleason
The show will also mark a return to New York for the artist. In 2009, Bronstein was the subject of an influential, early-career solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in which he pondered whimsical histories and futures for the New York museum.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1977 and based in London, Bronstein immigrated to London as a child. He earned his BA from Slade School of Fine Art in 2001, followed by a Master of Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2004.
In 2006, Bronstein had a breakthrough moment when he took attendees of Frieze Art Fair on a bus tour of London’s less-than-stellar postmodern buildings. That same year, the artist orchestrated Plaza Minuet, a choreographed performance piece at the Tate Triennial using Baroque-trained dancers.
New World, 2026
Pablo Bronstein (b. 1977)
Olney Gleason
The representation announcement comes on the heels of several institutional presentations. In 2025, Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, presented “The Temple of Solomon and its Contents,” an installation comprising imagined designs for the biblical structure. Bronstein is currently included in the Chengdu Biennale, on view through August, and a work by the artist remains on view at Tate Britain following the museum’s major collection rehang in 2023.
Other exhibitions have included “We Live in Mannerist Times” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2015; “Historical Rhode Island Decor” at the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2019; and “Hell in Its Heyday” at London’s Sir John Soane’s Museum in 2021.
