Reception and Screening:
Cy Dear
Wed, Jan 15, 2020
7–9 pm
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1968. Oil and crayon on canvas, 79 × 103 3/8 in. (200.7 × 262.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph B. Schulhof 69.29. © Cy Twombly Foundation
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In Cy Dear (2018), filmmaker Andrea Bettinetti weaves together footage of the artist Cy Twombly (1928–2011) in his home and studio with recollections from individuals who knew him. Through interviews with Nicola Del Roscio, president of the Cy Twombly Foundation; the artist’s son Alessandro Twombly; art dealer Larry Gagosian; artists Sally Mann and Dorothea Rockburne; and architect Renzo Piano, among others, the film offers a compelling and sensitive portrait of the artist. Cy Dear will be introduced by Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, the Whitney’s Melva Bucksbaum Associate Director for Conservation and Research and a longtime acquaintance of the artist.
Cy Dear is produced by Michele Bongiorno for Good Day Films.
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