Creative Arts Festival Keynote Speech: Martin Gayford

How Painting Happens and Why it Matters. Drawing on decades of conversations with practising artists including Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud and Jenny Saville amongst many others, the art critic and writer Martin Gayford offers intimate insight into the practice, meaning and potential of painting. As a way of making images, pigment applied to any surface, from cave wall to canvas, painting has been around for tens of thousands of years. Yet it has proved capable of endless renewal. In his talk, based on his book, Martin will explain ‘How Painting Happens and Why it Matters’. All are welcome.

Part of Bedford School’s Creative Arts Festival 2025.

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