Glenn Brown is a British artist and painter who was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000.

Brown's paintings are finely crafted and often comment on other paintings, copying them but with a twist, such as a Brown painting which is a version of Howard Hodgkin, who uses thick lumps of paint. From a distance Brown's version appears identical, but on closer inspection is revealed to be a trompe l'oeil flat surface, giving the illusion of a painterly surface.

There was some controversy over his exhibition at the 2000 Turner Prize, as one of the paintings was closely based on a science-fiction illustration Double Star produced in 1973 by the artist Tony Roberts. This gave rise to a charge of plagiarism. The resulting legal action was eventually settled by Brown out of court.

The prize was won by a photographer, Wolfgang Tillmans.

See also

• Turner Prize
• Young British Artists
• Appropriation (art)
• British art

Living people | British artists | Conceptual artists | British painters | Contemporary painters | Contemporary artists