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Friday, November 18, 2022, 6:30pm
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London

Join Gagosian for a conversation between Jenny Saville and art critic and author Martin Gayford in conjunction with the exhibition Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews opening at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, on November 17. Taking Saville’s momentous encounter with Francis Bacon’s work in his 1985 Tate retrospective in London as a starting point, the pair will discuss the revelatory influence the artists in the exhibition have had on Saville’s own practice, as well as how her continued exploration of the human form relates to how these masters of portraiture have approached the subject. Gayford will also speak with the artist about her most recent works on view in the exhibition Jenny Saville: Latent at Gagosian, rue de Castiglione, Paris, through December 22.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 4–5pm
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
britishart.yale.edu

Jenny Saville will speak with Skarlet Smatana, director of the George Economou Collection in Athens, as part of the Yale Center for British Art’s Artists in Conversation series, which brings together curators and artists to share insights into their work. The pair will discuss Saville’s practice and her interest in the human body and imperfections of the flesh. The event is free and open to the public.

Monday, October 11, 2021
Natural History Museum, London
www.artofwishes.com

Founded by philanthropist and Make‐A‐Wish patron Batia Ofer, the Art of Wishes is a charitable initiative that brings the international art community together to raise funds for Make-A-Wish UK, a nonprofit organization that grants the wishes of children with critical illnesses. The fourth annual Art of Wishes benefit auction and gala will take place at the Natural History Museum in London. The auction will be hosted on Artsy, with a preview of the artworks open to the public from October 2 through 8 at Sotheby’s London. More than twenty works by leading international artists such as Georg Baselitz, Jenny Saville, Kon Trubkovich, and others will be included.

Jenny Saville: Oxyrhynchus is available for online reading from July 22 through August 21 as part of Artist Spotlight: Jenny Saville. This publication features more than a dozen works from 2006 to 2014 in which the artist references the layer upon layer of discoveries at Oxyrhynchus, a city in upper Egypt that was established in 332 bce and is considered one of the world’s most important archaeological sites. The final effect is a mysterious narrative of layered bodies and images, conveyed in a combination of oil, charcoal, and pastel. An essay by art historian John Elderfield, built around the observations of multiple past voices and the artist herself, captures the temporal culture of visual art to which the Oxyrhynchus canvases belong.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 6:30–8:30pm
Kenwood House, London
www.english-heritage.org.uk

In the interest of public health, this event has been postponed until further notice.

Gagosian is pleased to host a drinks reception to celebrate the release of Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now, published on the occasion of the recent eponymous exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. Organized in partnership with English Heritage, the exhibition places Rembrandt’s masterpiece Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665) in dialogue with self-portraits by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud, and Pablo Picasso, as well as leading contemporary artists such as Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, Urs Fischer, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Giuseppe Penone, Richard Prince, Jenny Saville, Cindy Sherman, and Rudolf Stingel, among others. The catalogue includes an introduction by Wendy Monkhouse, senior curator at English Heritage, and a text by art historian David Freedberg. To attend the free event, RSVP to londonevents@gagosian.com. Space is limited.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 6:30–7:45pm
Royal Academy of Arts, London
www.royalacademy.org.uk

On the occasion of the exhibition Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, Jenny Saville will speak with David Dawson, cocurator of the show. Saville will reflect on her relationship with self-portraiture and the effect it has had on her career, while Dawson will offer insight into Freud’s approach to the theme. The talk will be chaired by RA artistic director Tim Marlow. The event has reached capacity.

Saturday, September 14, 2019, 2pm
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Jenny Saville will discuss her artistic practice and influences with Justin Paton, the head curator of international art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The talk takes place on the occasion of the museum’s exhibition Here We Are, which features new acquisitions by women artists whose work addresses the intricacy, pathos, and power of human relationships. To attend the event, purchase tickets at ticketing.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 6pm
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London

Gagosian director and art historian Richard Calvocoressi will lead a tour of the exhibition Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. Calvocoressi will take a look at postwar and contemporary masters of self-representation, anchoring the conversation to an important Rembrandt masterpiece included in the exhibition, Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665). The event has reached capacity. To join the wait list, contact londontours@gagosian.com.

Saturday, February 9, 2019, 10am
San Francisco Art Institute
www.sfai.edu

As part of the San Francisco Art Institute’s symposium Situational: The Body in Contemporary Painting, Jenny Saville will speak with the institute’s Claudia Schmuckli, curator in charge of contemporary art and programming. The pair will discuss what constitutes a contemporary body, how pressing issues are being translated rhetorically through the body, and the diverse artistic vantage points situated within figurative painting today. To attend the free event, register at www.sfai.edu.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 7:30pm
The Broad, Los Angeles
www.thebroad.org

Jenny Saville and Jennifer Doyle, author and professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, will be in conversation as part of the Broad’s talk series The Un-Private Collection. The pair will discuss Saville’s work in the museum’s collection as well as contemporary art history, gender studies, and critical theory. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.thebroad.org.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 6:30–8pm
Tate Britain, London
tate.org.uk

To celebrate the launch of Jenny Saville’s new monograph, copublished by Rizzoli and Gagosian, the artist will speak with Elena Crippa, curator of modern and contemporary British art at Tate Britain. The pair will discuss Saville’s career, from her early days as one of the original members of the Young British Artists to more recent years, which have seen her lauded as a “feminist” artist who challenges accepted beauty ideals.

Thursday, October 4, 2018, 6–7:30pm
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London

Join Jenny Saville at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, for a signing of her new self-titled monograph, copublished by Rizzoli and Gagosian. The much-anticipated volume unites new work with many of Saville’s paintings and drawings to date and includes essays by Richard Calvocoressi and Mark Stevens, a conversation between Saville and Sally Mann, and an illustrated chronology by Lauren Mahony. To attend the free event, RSVP to rsvplondon@gagosian.com.

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Saturday, September 8, 2018, 1–1:30pm
Kenwood House, London
www.ftweekendfestival.com

As part of this years’s FT Weekend Festival in London, Jenny Saville and Givenchy’s artistic director Clare Waight Keller will be in conversation. The pair will speak about the growing prominence of—and challenges for—women working in creative fields.

Gagosian is partnering with the Financial Times to host the Arts Stage at the one-day event where leading experts discuss the arts, music, literature, food, business, and technology. To attend the event, purchase tickets at www.ftweekendfestival.com.