Blainsouthern

blain|southern is a contemporary art gallery established in september 2010. the gallery was originally located at 21 dering street but moved to 4 hanover square, london w1, in october 2012. until august 2010, the founders, harry blain and graham southern were respectively ceo and director of haunch of venison gallery, which they founded in 2002.blain and southern sold haunch of venison to christie's international plc in 2007. during their time at the gallery they built up an international programme of artists, including keith tyson and richard long, both former winners of the turner prize. the gallery opened on october 13 with 'creation condemned', an exhibition of new works by the british artist mat collishaw. in february 2012 it staged lucian freud, drawings, an acclaimed survey of the late british artists works on paper. in october 2010, blain and emmanuel di donna, formerly a vice chairman at sotheby's worldwide specialising in impressionist and modern (i/m) art works, announ