Reading the Art World: Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel on Joan Mitchell

Reading the Art World episode seven: a conversation with curators Sarah Roberts and Katy Siegel, about Joan Mitchell, published in conjunction with their groundbreaking retrospective exhibition of Mitchell’s work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton.

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I think it’s really important that not only is it a life lived with art at the center but it’s art with life at the center. So it’s not about art about art. It’s not meant as an escape from the world. It’s meant to draw the world close and put the most important things about life — nature, love, friendship, dogs, all of that — right at the center of painting.—Katy Siegel on Joan Mitchell

There’s a quote that we put on the wall in the exhibition itself in San Francisco that I chose because it meant something to me. She said: “The solitude that I find in my studio is one of plentitude. I am enough for myself. I live full there.” A lot of artists stop me and tell me how meaningful they found this quote.

—Sarah Roberts on Joan Mitchell

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Reading the Art World is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications.

Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit www.meganfoxkelly.com

To learn more about the Joan Mitchell Foundation, go to www.joanmitchellfoundation.org