Friday 4 July 2008, 13.00–13.45

Tate Conservator Trish Smithen gives a talk on Cy Twombly’s Four Seasons 1993–4. She explains how these huge canvases, layered with different types of paint, graphite and oil, were created and the problems they pose for conservators. Microscopic images reveal the artist’s characteristic drips, strokes and marks on these beautiful paintings.

Tate Modern  In the exhibition
Free with exhibition ticket, booking recommended

  

Cy Twombly: Cycles and Seasons, supported by the Cy Twombly Exhibition Supporters Group, Tate International Council, the American Patrons of Tate and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

This event is related to the Cy Twombly: Cycles and Seasons exhibition