Peek inside the minds of 20th century greats at Interviews with Artists display in London

? 1976 Jean Dubuffet

Exhibition: Interviews with Artists, Eykyn Maclean Gallery, London, until July 27 2012

?The artist, not the commentator, takes us to the heart of the matter,? says Michael Peppiatt, a leading art critic, historian and publisher who is offering visitors a chance to delve inside the minds of some of the great artists of the 20th century in this revealing exhibition based on his personal interviews with them.

?Who would not, to put it in a nutshell, give all of Vasari for a short, searching conversation with Michelangelo??

The exhibition, resulting from the historian?s curatorial collaboration with Eykyn Maclean Gallery, features the work of artists such as Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Henry Moore, displayed alongside extracts from Peppiatt?s interviews and photographs of the men at work.

It was Peppiatt?s career in Paris, as arts correspondent for the New York and Financial Times, and later as editor and publisher of Art International, which led to him developing personal friendships with these artists and becoming a regular visitor to their studios.

The show coincides with the publication of Peppiatt?s book of the same title, which offers a unique insight into the studios and working methods of the art world in the 20th century.

• Eykyn Maclean, George Street, London. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm. Admission free.
  

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