Eight Artists on What Painting Means Today

A video produced by the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen features eight contemporary artists discussing their personal approaches to painting. British painter Michael Simpson describes painting as a way to give form to an idea, insisting that a work must transcend its subject. Kerry James Marshall speaks about the imperative to bring Black bodies into museums. Cecily Brown emphasizes the human body as a starting point before moving away from it, noting that when the body disappears, painting itself takes center stage, displaying its tricks and playing its game.