Ben Eastham is a writer and editor based in Rome and London. He is editor-in-chief of e-flux Criticism and co-founder of The White Review. His second book, The Imaginary Museum, was published in September 2020; his debut novel will be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2026.

He is the editor of books on Luis Camnitzer, Arshile Gorky, Fabio Mauri and Stephen Spender, and is the publications editor of the 2025 Seoul Mediacity Biennale. His art and literary criticism has been published in ArtReview, e-flux, frieze, the London Review of Books, the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, Fantastic Man, Acne Paper, the Financial Times and elsewhere. He has written monographic essays for artists including Ed Ruscha, Camille Henrot, Kati Heck and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian.

He was previously editor at ArtReview, a co-curator of the 14th Shanghai Biennale, and an associate editor at documenta 14. He is on the International Advisory Panel of EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art. He lived for a number of years in Athens, and is a scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, where he was awarded the John Henry Bernard Prize in Philosophy.

He is represented by Anna Webber at AM Heath Literary Agency.

benjamineastham@gmail.com