Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst Explained

Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Nationality:British
Occupation:Art curator
Children:2
Parents:Mark Dent-Brocklehurst (father)
Elizabeth Chipps (mother)

Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst is a British art curator and former president of London's Pace Gallery. She is the co-founder and chief creative officer of Superblue, a company she founded in 2020. She and members of her family own Sudeley Castle,[1] where she has curated sculpture exhibitions.

Art career

Dent-Brocklehurst began her career in the mid-1900s at Sotheby’s London and then in New York. It was there that she joined the Gagosian Gallery, becoming a director in 1997. In 1999, Dent-Brocklehurst returned to London to orchestrate the opening of Gagosian’s first London Gallery where she became the first director until 2008.[2] [3] She worked alongside Dasha Zhukova to found The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow that same year.[4] Parallel to this, between 2004 and 2008, Dent-Brocklehurst organized the reconstruction sculpture project at Sudeley Castle, her ancestral home.[5] [6] This project triggered a number of similar exhibitions, such as those at Chatsworth and Blenheim Palace, which brought monumental contemporary sculpture to Grade I listed grounds.[7] [8]

In 2010, she was appointed to set up the first branch of Pace Gallery in London, where she was the president from 2012 to 2017.[9] [10] [11] [12] In 2017, she joined the Founder of FutureCity, Mark Davy, in a two-year project named Future/Pace, which aimed to extend the reach of contemporary art beyond the conventional boundaries of gallery walls, bringing it into the public domain.[13] Future/Pace delivered site-specific contemporary art projects by artists such as Leo Villareal and Studio Drift.[14] [15]

In 2020, she co-founded Superblue with Marc Glimcher and Laurene Powell Jobs.[16] [17] Superblue opened its first space in Miami in 2021 following delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] [19] Superblue's emphasis on immersive and experimental art, together with its revenue-sharing model with artists, set it apart from other traditional museums and galleries.[20] In September 2023, Dent-Brocklehurst was appointed chief creative officer of Superblue, and Marc Spiegler joined the Superblue board of directors.[21]

Personal life

Dent-Brocklehurst married Duncan Ward in 2002 and they have two children. They divorced in 2012.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Dent-Brocklehurst family to move out of Sudeley Castle... and into cowshed . 30 November 2023 . . 10 March 2009 . en.
  2. News: Roux . Caroline . Meet the aristocrat who swapped her Cotswolds castle for a move to Miami . 30 November 2023 . . 26 March 2021.
  3. News: Billionaire's friend bringing mega-galleries to Britain . Sharp . Rob . 8 December 2010 . . 22 March 2014.
  4. News: Parfitt . Tom . 2009-03-20 . Socialite bucks rouble recession to host Moscow's biggest contemporary art show . 2024-03-12 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170121064230/https://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/d/mollie-dent-brocklehurst . 21 January 2017.
  6. News: Rawsthorn . Alice . 2010-05-26 . Contemporary Design on Display at British Castle . 2024-03-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: 11 September 2010 . Sotheby's London Presents 5th Annual Selling Exhibition Of Sculpture At Chatsworth House .
  8. Web site: Westall . Mark . 2014-09-30 . ART OPENING: Ai Weiwei @BlenheimPalace . 2024-03-12 . FAD Magazine . en-GB.
  9. Web site: 2018-05-05 . MOLLIE DENT-BROCKLEHURST . 2024-03-18 . LEADING CULTURE DESTINATIONS . en-US.
  10. News: London's 1000 most influential people 2011: Art and Design . 30 November 2023 . . 5 April 2012 . en.
  11. News: Rose . Frank . Will Superblue Be the 'Infinity Room' Writ Large? . 29 November 2023 . . August 4, 2020.
  12. News: Field . Marcus . The bigger picture - spotlight on London's supergalleries . 29 November 2023 . . 9 November 2012 . en.
  13. Web site: 2017-03-27 . Studio Swine joins stable of high-tech art organisation Future\Pace . 2024-03-12 . The Art Newspaper - International art news and events.
  14. Web site: Neuendorf . Henri . 2016-12-08 . Leo Villareal Wins Competition to Light Up Thames . 2024-03-12 . Artnet News . en-US.
  15. Web site: Future\Pace Presents Studio Drift At The Armory Show . 2024-03-12 . futurecity.co.uk.
  16. News: Cassady . Daniel . 20 May 2021 . Experiential art space Superblue (finally) opens in Miami . 30 November 2023 . The Art Newspaper.
  17. News: 2020-08-04 . Will Superblue Be the ‘Infinity Room’ Writ Large? (Published 2020) . 2024-03-12 . en-US.
  18. Web site: Schneider . Tim . 2021-04-12 . Why the Pandemic Will Actually Strengthen the Art Experience Economy—and the Old-Fashioned Gallery Business, Too . 2024-03-12 . Artnet News . en-US.
  19. Web site: Superblue Miami lets you experience art in a new way . 2024-03-12 . mynews13.com . en.
  20. Web site: Superblue Miami lets you experience art in a new way . 2024-03-12 . mynews13.com . en.
  21. News: Cassady . Daniel . Former Art Basel Head Marc Spiegler Joins Superblue Board of Directors . 30 November 2023 . . 14 September 2023.

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