09/28/2026
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This 2004 documentary, directed by Gordon Quinn and Jerry Blumenthal, takes us inside the studio of Leon Golub (and his wife, feminist artist Nancy Spero) and looks at Golub’s socio-political interests and idiosyncratic working procedures. The film’s title refers to Theodore Adorno’s 1937 essay, “Late Style in Beethoven,” and his proclamation that, "In the history of art, late works are the catastrophes."
Museum Director Stuart Horodner leads a discussion after the film.
GOLUB — Thu, Oct 1 @ 7:15pm
An ART ON SCREEN Film
Q&A w/ Stuart Horodner, UK Art Museum
Leon Golub’s massive canvasses depict scenes most of us would prefer not to see – mercenary killings, torture, and death squads. GOLUB offers not simply a profile of a painter with a political conscience, but an investigation into the power of the artist to reflect our times and to change the way we think about our world.
This film juxtaposes scenes of violence and political repression around the world, statements by American politicians and others, the responses of viewers to Golub’s exhibitions and an extended sequence capturing the artist at work.
