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Podcast: Alain Elkann Interviews
Episode: Luc Tuymans on the Problem with Today's Art World - Alain Elkann Interviews
Description: A LINEAGE OF THE REAL AND THE AUTHENTIC. Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist, many of whose paintings explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust is a recurring theme in his many faceted work. Tuymans is a key figure of the generation of European figurative painters who gained renown at a time when many believed the medium had lost its relevance due to the new digital age. "I want the feeling of doing something special" "For young artists now, it i...