In Conversation
Michael Craig-Martin
Emilie Gordenker
Saturday, October 5, 2019, 12pm
Regent’s Park, London
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In conjunction with the retrospective display of his drawings at Frieze Masters, Michael Craig-Martin will be in conversation with Emilie Gordenker, director of the Mauritshuis at the Hague, Netherlands. The pair will discuss Craig-Martin’s work, with particular emphasis on the long-standing centrality of drawing in his practice, as well as the artist’s experience of the changing character of art and the art world over the past fifty years. To attend the free event, register at the Frieze Masters auditorium desk the day of the talk.
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Michael Craig-Martin, Untitled (group I), 2017 © Michael Craig-Martin
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