A program of moving portraits of artists—and/or their work—preserved for posterity in celluloid by analog film diehard Dean. Included are Edwin Parker, Dean’s privileged glimpse at the daily life of the famously private Cy Twombly; Buon Fresco, comprised of details from a fresco cycle painted by Giotto for the Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi depicting the life of Saint Francis; Mario Merz, a sit-down with the artist of the same name only a few months before his death; and Portraits, in which a chain-smoking David Hockney is seen in preparation for his 2016 exhibition at the Royal Academy.

Portraits (Tacita Dean, 2016, 16 mins)
Edwin Parker (Tacita Dean, 2011, 29 mins)
Buon Fresco (Tacita Dean, 2014, 33 mins)
Mario Merz (Tacita Dean, 2002, 9 mins)

Film still from Portraits courtesy of the artist, Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris/ Los Angeles

Q&A with visual artist Tacita Dean moderated by film and art critic Phil Coldiron on Tuesday, May 12th