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harry blain

harry blain -lrb- born 12 september 1967 -rrb- is an english art dealer , gallery owner and founder of sedition art , an online resource where editioned , digital artworks by the world 's leading contemporary artists can be bought and traded .
in 1992 blain opened blains fine art , which specialised in the private placement of works of art by a wide range of contemporary artists .
in 2002 he started haunch of venison gallery with graham southern .
southern had been a founding director of christie 's -lrb- london -rrb- post-war & contemporary art department , which he ran until 2001 .
the gallery represented turner prize winners richard long and keith tyson , as well as bill viola and mat collishaw .
together with southern , blain staged many acclaimed exhibitions at haunch of venison , including major surveys of abstract expressionism and late twentieth century russian art in new york and london respectively ; in 2010 they put on an exhibition with damien hirst and michael joo in berlin in 2007 blain and southern sold haunch of venison to christie 's international plc. .
however , they remained within the business and continued to run the gallery until they both departed to launch a new gallery , blainsouthern , in 2010 .
blain | southern was originally based at 21 dering street , but moved to 4 hanover square in october 2012 .
in october 2010 blain and emmanuel di donna , formerly a vice chairman at sotheby 's worldwide specialising in impressionist and modern art works , announced a further venture .
blain | didonna is located on the second floor of the carlyle hotel on madison avenue , in the space previously occupied by ursus books .
it specializes in artworks by impressionist , modern and selected contemporary artists .
the gallery stages three very focused exhibitions a year , mixing modern and contemporary art .
blain | di donna staged its first exhibition in october 2011 , `` magritte : dangerous liaisons '' , a survey of the belgian surrealist works which was described by the london evening standard as being `` without doubt the most prestigious gallery show of 2011 '' in april 2011 blain | southern opened a berlin gallery with an exhibition by the acclaimed british artists tim noble and sue webster .
more recently , they have exhibited new work by lawrence weiner and jannis kounellis .
the space , formerly the printing presses of der tagesspiegel , germany 's liberal daily newspaper , is located on potsdamer strasse with a total floor space of 1,300 square metres .
