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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 Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Marjorie Strider, Wayne Thiebaud and Andy Warhol.

To celebrate the exhibition, gallery director Michael Findlay led a conversation with curator and historian Sarah Bancroft, who previously served as executive director of the James Rosenquist Foundation, and with writer and biographer Bob Colacello, author of “Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up,” his memoir of working closely with Warhol in the 1970s and early ’80s.

“Painted Pop” is on view October 9–December 15, 2023, at Acquavella’s New York location.
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Jasper Johns, "Untitled" (1980)
Acrylic and plastic mounted on canvas
30 3/8 x 54 3/8 inches (77.2 x 138.1 cm)
© 2023 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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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 this episode, painter Hayley Barker, art historian Joachim Pissarro and critic Barry Schwabsky have a colorful conversation about Bonnard’s legacy and growing influence on contemporary painting.

"Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing" is on view April 12 to May 26, 2023, at Acquavella Galleries in New York.
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Pierre Bonnard, "La porte-fenêtre (Matinée au Cannet) [The French Door (Morning at Le Cannet)]" (1932)
Oil on canvas
34 7/8 x 44 3/4 inches (88.6 x 113.7 cm)
Private Collection
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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 Robert discussed the origins of minimalism and how, though the term is now widely understood as an artistic and aesthetic style, it was not always so ubiquitous.

The exhibition features work from 19 artists, including Carl Andre, Larry Bell, Judy Chicago, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse, each of whom sought an enigmatic simplicity and clarity in their work, which collectively came to define minimalism in the 1960s.

"less: minimalism in the 1960s" is on view February 1 to March 10, 2023, at Acquavella Galleries in New York.

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Sol LeWitt, "#8" (1966)
Aluminum and baked enamel
84 x 84 x 84 inches (213.4 x 213.4 x 213.4 cm)
Private Collection
© 2023 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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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 across seven decades of stylistic development.

Exhibiting over 80 drawings spanning 70 years, the exhibition includes works in an array of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, colored pencil, collage, graphite, gouache, ink, pastel and watercolor—all showcasing the artist’s lifelong quest to innovate and experiment.

Gallery director Michael Findlay hosts the conversation, featuring Picasso expert Christine Poggi and the exhibition's curator, Olivier Berggruen, as they consider drawing as the foundation of Picasso’s singular career.

"PICASSO: Seven Decades of Drawing" is on view October 7 – December 3, 2021, at Acquavella Galleries in New York.

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Photo of Picasso drawing on the ground, 1952. By Robert Doisneau / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

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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 art.

"Eva Hesse | Hannah Wilke: Erotic Abstraction" is on view May 5 – June 18, 2021, at Acquavella Galleries in New York.

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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 dedication to line-making. Born in Casablanca and raised in Israel, he has lived and worked in the same SoHo studio for nearly 50 years.

Guggenheim fellow Adam Kirsch previously served as poetry critic at The New Republic. His recent writings have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and Tablet, where he is a contributing editor.

"Jacob El Hanani: Recent Works on Canvas" is on view May 5–June 18, 2021, at Acquavella Galleries.

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Jacob El Hanani
"Without Form and Void (Tohu Wa-bohu)" (2019)
Ink on gessoed canvas
50 x 50 inches (127 x 127 cm)

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