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Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Performance

Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden

February 10–12, 2022
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
bam.org

Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece published in 1943. The evocative stage design centers on paintings by Marden, their exquisite colors and imagery making connections to the geographical locations of the poem cycle’s four individual parts. Containing piercing and unforgettable literary passages, this unprecedented collaborative performance is the first to be authorized by the T. S. Eliot Estate. This is the New York City debut of the dance, following its world premiere at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 2018. To attend the event, purchase tickets at tickets.bam.org.

To learn more about the collaboration read an interview with Marden about the canvases that form the set design on Gagosian Quarterly.

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Screening

The Four Quartets Experience
With images by Brice Marden

October 30–November 1, 2020

Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem cycle, with stage design centered on paintings by Brice Marden, was scheduled to be performed at Lincoln Center in New York this fall; however, this and future engagements have been postponed due to the pandemic. To allow audiences around the world an opportunity to view the performance from their homes, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College will be streaming a film of the Four Quartets world premiere from October 31 at 12am edt through November 1 at 11:59pm edt. To attend the event, purchase tickets at fishercenter.bard.edu.

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Brice Marden (London: Gagosian, 2017)

Online Reading

Brice Marden

Brice Marden is available for online reading from October 11 through November 9 as part of the From the Library series. This catalogue was published on the occasion of the artist’s 2017 exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, and focuses on Marden’s terre verte paintings. For the series of ten identically sized paintings measuring eight by six feet, he has employed ten different brands of terre verte oil paint—from his favored Williamsburg to Holbein and Sennelier, among others—each a variation on the indefinable hue. The slow-drying paint is thinned and applied gradually to the canvas in many successive veils, building a surface of transparent yet intense color. New texts by Paul Hills and Noah Dillon, and a conversation between Marden, Gary Hume, and Tim Marlow examine this new body of work from multiple perspectives.

Brice Marden (London: Gagosian, 2017)

Sarah Sze, Afterimage, Silver, 2018 © Sarah Sze

Support

Artists for Biden

October 2–8, 2020

Artists for Biden is an online-only sale of works by leading contemporary artists to support the Biden Victory Fund—a joint fundraising committee authorized by Biden for President, the Democratic National Committee, and forty-seven state Democratic parties. All proceeds from the sale will provide resources needed to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and support other Democratic candidates across the country in the lead up to Election Day. Work by Cecily Brown, Michael Heizer, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Sze, Stanley Whitney, and Christopher Wool will be available. To register for early access on October 1, visit secure.joebiden.com.

Sarah Sze, Afterimage, Silver, 2018 © Sarah Sze

Installation view, Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings, Menil Collection, Houston, February 21–October 11, 2020. Artwork © 2020 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Paul Hester

In Conversation

In Dialogue
On Brice Marden’s Drawings

Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 7–8pm EDT

Join Lilly Wei, independent curator and critic, and Kelly Montana, assistant curator at the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, for a conversation on the arc of Brice Marden’s drawing practice and the critical influence that site has played in his work. The artist’s work is currently displayed in the Menil’s exhibition Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings. To watch the live conversation, visit the Menil’s YouTube channel.

Installation view, Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings, Menil Collection, Houston, February 21–October 11, 2020. Artwork © 2020 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Paul Hester

Brice Marden: It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is. (New York: Gagosian, 2020)

Online Reading

Brice Marden
It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is.

Brice Marden: It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is. is available for online reading from June 15 through July 14 as part of the From the Library series. Published on the occasion of the 2019 exhibition at Gagosian, 980 Madison Avenue, New York, the catalogue features full-color reproductions of Marden’s latest body of paintings and works on paper, which continues the Letter series he initiated in 2006. The book includes a new essay by John Elderfield, in which the curator and art historian discusses the new works in the context of modernist painting and of Marden’s oeuvre, and investigates the allusions the works seem to make.

Brice Marden: It reminds me of something, and I don’t know what it is. (New York: Gagosian, 2020)

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Performance

Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden

February 15–16, 2020
Center for the Art of Performance, University of California Los Angeles
cap.ucla.edu

Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece published in 1943. The evocative stage design centers on paintings by Marden, their exquisite colors and imagery making connections to the geographical locations of the poem cycle’s four individual parts. Containing piercing and unforgettable literary passages, this unprecedented collaborative performance is the first to be authorized by the T. S. Eliot Estate. To attend the event, purchase tickets at cap.ucla.edu.

To learn more about the collaboration read an interview with Marden about the canvases that form the set design on Gagosian Quarterly.

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Brice Marden in his studio, Tivoli, New York, 2017. Photo: Mirabelle Marden

In Conversation

Brice Marden
Kelly Montana

Friday, February 21, 2020, 7–8pm
Menil Collection, Houston
www.menil.org

Brice Marden will discuss his drawing practice with curator Kelly Montana on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings at the Menil Collection. The pair will explore Marden’s manifold approach to draftsmanship in the six distinct series of drawings in the exhibition that span nearly the entirety of the artist’s ongoing career. The event is free and open to the public.

Brice Marden in his studio, Tivoli, New York, 2017. Photo: Mirabelle Marden

Gagosian at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, Paris, 2019

Visit

Gagosian at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées

Opening reception: Saturday, October 12, 6:30–8pm
October 12–20, 2019
Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, Paris
galerieslafayettechampselysees.com

In celebration of FIAC in Paris, Gagosian is pleased to collaborate with Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées on a two-floor pop-up takeover featuring products related to Gagosian artists. On the first floor, the Coin Culture section will feature catalogues, posters, apparel, and audio productions. The second floor, the Library, will house an additional selection of limited-edition books, publications, and catalogues raisonnés.

Download the full press release in English (PDF) or French (PDF)

Gagosian at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, Paris, 2019

Installation view, A line (a)round an idea: Selected Works on Paper, Gagosian, Geneva, May 2–July 27, 2019. Artwork, left to right: © Cy Twombly Foundation; © 2019 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © 2019 The Franz Kline Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © Richard Serra; © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc./Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Tour

A line (a)round an idea
Selected Works on Paper

Saturday, June 22, 2019, 11am
Gagosian, Geneva

This event has been canceled.

Join us for a tour of A line (a)round an idea at Gagosian, Geneva. The exhibition, which presents black-and-white works on paper spanning a period of seventy years, includes work by Richard Artschwager, Georg Baselitz, Bruce Conner, Willem de Kooning, Günther Förg, Sam Francis, Keith Haring, Christine Hiebert, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Brice Marden, Henri Matisse, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and others. Gagosian’s Johan Nauckhoff will give an overview of the exhibition, focusing on ways in which modern and contemporary artists have explored the clarity and activating power of the simple line, mark, splatter, or stroke. To attend the free event, RSVP to genevatours@gagosian.com. Space is limited.

Installation view, A line (a)round an idea: Selected Works on Paper, Gagosian, Geneva, May 2–July 27, 2019. Artwork, left to right: © Cy Twombly Foundation; © 2019 Richard Artschwager/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © 2019 The Franz Kline Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; © Richard Serra; © 2019 Dedalus Foundation, Inc./Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Performance

Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden

May 22–25, 2019
Barbican Theatre, London
barbican.org.uk

Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece from 1943. The evocative stage design centers on paintings by Marden, their exquisite colors and strokes making connections to the geographical locations of the masterpiece’s four individual parts. Containing piercing and unforgettable literary passages, this unprecedented collaborative performance of the work is the first to be authorized by the T. S. Eliot Estate. To attend the event, purchase tickets at barbican.org.uk.

Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova

Brice Marden, Untitled (Hydra), 2018 © 2018 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson

Performance

Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden

July 6–8, 2018
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
fishercenter.bard.edu

Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present the world premiere of Four Quartets, the first-ever authorized dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece from 1943 as part of Bard SummerScape 2018. All three collaborators share Eliot’s gift for abstraction and furthermore, like the poet, all three artists combine a conceptual approach with a profound feel for the personal. To attend the event, purchase tickets at fishercenter.bard.edu.

Brice Marden, Untitled (Hydra), 2018 © 2018 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson

Photo: Eric Piasecki

In Conversation

Brice Marden
Gary Hume

Saturday, September 30, 2017, 11am–12pm
Royal Academy of Arts, London
www.royalacademy.org.uk

Brice Marden talks about new work and the status of painting today with Gary Hume, in a discussion chaired by Royal Academy artistic director Tim Marlow.

Photo: Eric Piasecki