Artist Talk: A Conversation with Wayne Thiebaud

In conjunction with the exhibition Wayne Thiebaud, Draftsman, the artist discusses the role of drawing in his practice, his beginnings as a cartoonist, his sketching habits, his love of the Old Masters, and his fondness for classic American food with Isabelle Dervaux, Acquavella Curator of Modern & Contemporary Drawings.
Held Friday, May 18, 2018.

[@JamesVibe]

RIP Wayne! We will always enjoy your paintings!

[@edwardferry8247]

Thank you for the conversation with Wayne, the audience questions were dreadful but the talk very interesting to listen to.

[@corrieseifert8399]

Such a lovely humble and exceptionally talented man💕 So charming, when he says "I'm talking to much 🤗🥰

[@TheShaneBot]

This was absolutely wonderful. I only came across this after wanting to listen to a conversation with an artist I had never heard of before and typed in the search engine "talking about art". This was the first potentially interesting thing that came up and I am both delighted to have listened to this and a bit upset, in the best way, that I had never encountered Wayne and his work before. I will look further into the work of Wayne Thiebaud. ALSO - Wayne, at any point, was NEVER talking too much. I would have happily enjoyed him talking more and deeper into all the things that were discussed here. Thank you.

[@barbaracampisi4432]

what a wonderful and generous person, in addition to being a masterful painter. We will miss you!

[@RatPfink66]

He is 97 here, just turned 99 and painted the Thanksgiving cover for The New Yorker (a turkey, what else).

[@jessicabrackett1034]

Wayne leaning back to see the screen is my new favorite thing! He's such a great man. Sigh.

[@musingsofajay387]

as someone working in IT... I really wish they gave him a screen in front of him so he knew what he was talking about :/ without needing to turn

[@yorgosGreece]

A Sweet Painter !

[@stevenikitas8170]

Wayne Thiebaud is the Mr. Rogers of the avant-garde...

[@chqara]

[@jrsinsf]

thumbs down for not fixing the sound!

[@tonypeters5487]

Really difficult to hear, sound needs fixing. Great otherwise.

[@parisbreakfast]

There are subtitles or get headphones.

[@tonypeters1855]

@@parisbreakfast The closed captions have been added since my comment/request 3 years ago.

[@georgewu5]

Andy Warhol: sugar drink Coca Cola botlles lining up as art. Here this guy use sugar cakes lining up to copy as pop art. How inventive ?!!!! what a way to make a living ?!!!!! George Wu, Architect, A.I.A., NCARB 2019-8-9

[@FRAMOUS]

Square dancing...

[@TerryTerryTerry]

Sound far too low! Torture to listen to. Wasted. Really awkward arrangement for the artist. Questions of audience contrived and facile met with suitable sardonic responses.