The Picture

The fourteenth episode of “The Picture” podcast features a conversation recorded live at Acquavella Galleries in New York on the occasion of the new exhibition “Painted Pop.” Focusing on Pop art and its adoption of the visual language of mass culture and consumerism, the exhibition features painted works by key figures of the American Pop movement, including Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert...

The thirteenth episode of "The Picture" podcast features a conversation recorded live at Acquavella Galleries in New York on the occasion of the new exhibition "Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing." Featuring twenty still lifes, nudes, interior scenes and landscapes, the new exhibition focuses on works from Pierre Bonnard’s later years, when the Modernist painter was at the height of his powers. In...

The twelfth episode of "The Picture" podcast features a conversation recorded live at Acquavella Galleries in New York on the occasion of the new exhibition "less: minimalism in the 1960s." The exhibition’s curator, gallery director Michael Findlay, spoke with artist Katie Bell and Robert Slifkin, a Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Michael, Katie and Rober...

The eleventh episode of "The Picture" podcast features an enlightening conversation about arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso. Paired with the new exhibition "PICASSO: Seven Decades of Drawing," currently on view at Acquavella Galleries in New York, the conversation shines a light on Picasso’s passion for drawing, which served as the foundation of his practice a...

The tenth episode of "The Picture" podcast centers on the new exhibition "Eva Hesse | Hannah Wilke: Erotic Abstraction," currently on view at Acquavella Galleries. Exhibition curator Eleanor Nairne and art historian Jo Applin discuss Hesse and Wilke's parallel, if not entirely synchronized, lives in New York in the 1960s, and their foundational works in the history of post-Minimalist and feminist...

In the ninth episode of "The Picture" podcast, Jacob El Hanani speaks with writer Adam Kirsch about the artist's exhibition of recent works on canvas, now on view at Acquavella Galleries in New York. Jacob El Hanani is often referred to as “the grandfather of micro-drawing.” His exquisitely detailed drawings, each done by hand, serve as remarkable records of his craftsmanship and decades-long dedi...

The eighth episode of "The Picture" podcast features a conversation between artist Tom Sachs and "New Yorker" staff writer Naomi Fry, recorded on a rainy Friday evening over mezcal at Sachs' studio in New York. The two friends spoke on the occasion of the new exhibition "Tom Sachs: Handmade Paintings" at Acquavella Galleries in New York. Although painting has long been a focus of his practice, thi...

In the seventh episode of "The Picture" podcast, gallery director Philippe de Montebello is joined by Joan Punyet Miró, grandson of Spanish master Joan Miró, whose solo exhibition "Miró the Sculptor: Elements of Nature" is currently on view at Acquavella Galleries in New York. Late in a storied career characterized by a lifelong love of experimentation, Joan Miró dedicated himself to sculpture and...

In the sixth episode of "The Picture" podcast, American painter Wayne Thiebaud speaks with writer and critic Michael Thomas and gallery director Philippe de Montebello on the occasion of the new exhibition "Wayne Thiebaud: Mountains 1965-2019," the artist's third solo exhibition at Acquavella Galleries. Recorded in front of a live audience at Acquavella Galleries in New York, their conversation to...

The fifth episode of "The Picture" podcast centers on painter Lucian Freud and his large-scale naked portraits as seen in "Monumental," a major loan exhibition currently on view at Acquavella Galleries in New York. Gallery director Philippe de Montebello speaks with Freud's longtime assistant and friend David Dawson as well as curator Michael Auping in a conversation about Freud's process, his rel...

For the fourth episode of "The Picture" podcast, gallery director Philippe de Montebello speaks with painter Wayne Thiebaud about color, cake and the 98-year-old artist's love for the act of painting. © 2019 Acquavella Galleries. All rights reserved. ___ Wayne Thiebaud "Tulip Sundaes" (2010) Oil on canvas board 14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm) © Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

In the third episode of “The Picture” podcast, gallery director Michael Findlay joins art critic and journalist Judd Tully for a conversation about the art market. The two friends discuss international auction houses, the changing gallery model, and the growing influence—and pressures—of art fairs. © 2018 Acquavella Galleries. All rights reserved.

For the second episode of “The Picture” podcast, gallery director Michael Findlay leads a conversation about the legendary artist James Rosenquist, whose solo exhibition “His American Life” is currently on view at Acquavella Galleries in New York. Judith Goldman, who curated the exhibition, and Sarah Bancroft, executive director of the James Rosenquist Foundation, help pick apart Rosenquist’s grow...

For the premiere of “The Picture” podcast, Bill Acquavella is joined by artist and author David Dawson in a discussion of their dear friend, the remarkably talented painter Lucian Freud. In his introduction, Philippe de Montebello also recounts a momentous meeting with Brooke Astor, who, as a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was transfixed by Freud’s portrayal of what she called “a repul...