Ben Rawlingson-Plant - PR Advisor

Ben Rawlingson Plant, Director Middle East, has worked in the arts press and marketing for over 18 years and is based between London and the United Arab Emirates. He held positions at the Edinburgh International Festival, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice), Dulwich Picture Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, Tate and Hobsbawm Macaulay Communications before joining Brunswick Arts in 2001. Over the last eight years Ben has overseen the launch and PR campaigns of numerous high-profile arts projects such as the Baltic in Newcastle, Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, the V&A's British Galleries, Art Dubai, Abu Dhabi's Culture and Heritage Authority and various announcements for Sir Cameron Mackintosh. Ben currently leads the team for TDIC's Saadiyat Cultural District, inlcuding the new Louvre Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, and sits on Advisory Boards for The Charleston Farmhouse Trust, Arts Patronage in the Middle East Summit and The Edge of Arabia, a project to promote contemporary Saudi Arabian culture.