YouTube Video of Antonio Lopez Garcia painting in Madrid – Aug 2010

Painting urban views is hard enough but I can’t imagine the added frustration of “crowd control” while painting! Being famous clearly has its down sides… Thanks to Dean Fisher who just emailed this link to this new video of Antonio Lopez Garcia painting this month on the street in Madrid.

David Shevlino

Reflection 2008 Oil on Panel 8 x 10 inches
David Shevlino paints a wide range of subjects but lately appears to focus on the figure and urban scenes. In many of his works, especially the landscapes, there is a wonderful balance between slow careful observation and the mad rush to capture fleeting light situations. In his [...]

New Film on Lucian Freud

Here is a link to the trailer for the new movie The God of Small Things, Lucian Freud Captured on Film by the filmmaker Tim Meara. His new film, with footage of Lucian Freud and his Holland Park studio and interviews with people close to Freud will begin showing in time for Freud’s 90th [...]

Why Beauty Matters

I just discovered this wonderful video by the BBC and the Philosopher Roger Scrution (in 6 parts) posted on Valentino’s new blog on art and Croatian painting in particular. (Valentino frequently comments here)
A provocative and thought provoking discussion of post-modernism and Beauty. Might inspire a lively conversation here.
Part One of Six – you can [...]

Video interview with Michael Kareken

Interview with Michael Kareken from Painting Perceptions – Larry Groff on Vimeo.
Painting Perceptions is pleased to present its first video production; an interview I made with Michael Kareken at both his studio and his show “Scrap” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which is currently on view until January 24, 2010.
Click [...]

Stuart Shils – video on making a monotype

I just ran across this terrific brief video with Stuart Shils talking about his making a monotype from drawings. You can click on the video at the end to take you to youtube for part 2.
Stuart Shils’ website not only shows his paintings but also has a couple of clips from a documentary made about [...]

Antonio López García on YouTube

I found these videos on youtube and thought people would want to see these. Only the first video has the english translation, where he talks about his monumental show at the Boston MFA last year. The next video is in two parts of him talking about his work – make me want to pull out [...]

Bonnard’s Late Interiors – Met Curator Talk

I just saw this youtube video and thought it might be of interest to some