Painting Nerds is a video essay channel for the critical discussion of painting in a contemporary context, founded by Jamie Limond and myself in 2022. Find a selection of our videos below, or subscribe to the YouTube channel for new uploads.
Martin Wong: Malicious Mischief
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‘Malicious Mischief’, Martin Wong’s first substantial retrospective in Europe, took place across multiple venues from 2023-2024. Painting Nerds reviews the show and the accompanying catalogue, looking for method in the mischief.
Frans Hals: Portraits, Portraits, Portraits (or The People vs Jonathan Jones)
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Frans Hals has been a strangely polarizing figure in popular art criticism since the late 1960s, particularly in the UK. But is there more to him than a lively touch? Painting Nerds looks at Jonathan Jones’s recent, dismissive review of Hals at the National Gallery…
Miyoko Ito: Heart of Hearts
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Painting Nerds reviews Pre-Echo Press's 'Miyoko Ito : Heart of Hearts' – the first full-length monograph on the artist and one of the best art books of 2023. Along the way we ask: what role do things like design and physicality play in an artist's critical rehabilitation?
Paintings In Movies: From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Lots of films lift things from real-world paintings – but how have movies used paintings as integral elements of the story?