The Connor Brothers

The Connor Brothers are a British artistic duo known for their provocative and visually striking works, combining retro pin-up portraits with bold blocks of colour and deadpan snippets of text. The identity was invented in 2012 by former Cambridge classmates and London art dealers Mike Snelle and James Golding, who were living together in Golding's studio at a time when Snelle had recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and Golding was recovering from addiction.

When they first appeared, the duo were given a fictional backstory as American brothers who had grown up in isolation, escaped from a cult in their teens and were now living in Brooklyn, creating art as a form of therapy. Their true identities were revealed in 2014 in a major feature in The Telegraph, allowing them to undertake more ambitious projects.

Their paintings and prints draw from popular culture, parodying vintage book covers and movie posters with witty captions, exploring the blurred lines between truth and fiction. Alongside their commercial success, their work is deeply committed to activism and philanthropy, raising funds for mental health charities and addressing the refugee crisis. Works can be found in major public and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Penguin Collection and both the Omer Koc and Niarchos Collections.