Martin Gayford
Martin Gayford is an art critic, writer and curator. He is the author of Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, How Painting Happens (and why it matters), Venice: City of Pictures and Love Lucian: The Letters of Lucian Freud, 1939 –1954, and acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable and Michaelangelo. His latest book, with Tracey Emin, is My Heart is This: Tracey Emin on Painting.
Upcoming Events
5x15: Five Leading Thinkers on the Unique Magic of Venice
Five cultural figures each deliver a fifteen-minute talk exploring Venice through art, literature, history and design. In support of Venice in Peril Fund’s Acqua Granda Appeal.
5x15: Five Leading Thinkers on the Unique Magic of Venice
Videos
Martin Gayford @ 5x15 - Man in the Blue Scarf
Martin Gayford is the art critic for Bloomberg News and The Spectator, and contributes regularly to The Daily Telegraph, The Lady, Modern Painters and Harpers & Queen. Gayford described chronologically, in the acclaimed book Man With a Blue Scarf, sitting for a portrait by Lucian Freud.
Past Events
Join us in March for another inspiring evening of thought-provoking stories and superb speakers, live at The Tabernacle.