Ben Eastham is a writer and editor based in London. He is editor-in-chief of e-flux Criticism and co-founder of The White Review. His second book of non-fiction, 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 his criticism has appeared in ArtReview, e-flux, frieze, the London Review of Books, the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, Fantastic Man, Acne Paper and the Financial Times, among other publications. 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, publications editor of the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, and an associate editor at documenta 14. He is on the International Advisory Panel of EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art, and began his career as an editor at the BBC reporting on mass media and propaganda. He lived for a number of years in Athens and Rome, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected a scholar.

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

benjamineastham@gmail.com