Luc Tuymans: Nice

About Jonathan CraryLuc Tuymans

Born in 1958 in Mortsel Belgium Luc Tuymans is one of the most important painters of his generation. His first major museum presentations were held in 1990 at the Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst Ostend Belgium and the Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Ghent. In 1992 the artist participated in Documenta IX in Kassel in addition to having a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern which helped cement his growing reputation in Europe. In 1994 Luc Tuymans: Superstition debuted at Portikus Frankfurt and traveled to David Zwirner New York; the Art Gallery of York University Toronto; The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago; the Institute of Contemporary Arts London; and Goldie Paley Gallery Moore College of Art & Design Philadelphia establishing him as a major influential artist abroad. In 2001 the artist represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale to great acclaim. Tuymans lives and works in Antwerp. Jonathan Crary is Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia University. His books include Techniques of the Observer Suspensions of Perception 24/7 and Tricks of the Light. Joshua Cohen's books include the novels Moving Kings Book of Numbers Witz A Heaven of Others and Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto; the short-fiction collection Four New Messages and the nonfiction collection Attention: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction. Cohen was awarded Israels 2013 Matanel Prize for Jewish Writers and in 2017 was named one of Grantas Best Young American Novelists. His most recent novel The Netanyahus won the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He lives in New York City.