Merce Cunningham

 Figure a Sea, 2015 Dancers of the Cullberg Ballet: In the front: Unn Faleide, Eleanor Campbell, Samuel Draper.  In the back: Barry Brannum, Eszter Czédulás, Paolo Mangiola Photo: Urban Jörén

Figure a Sea, 2015

Dancers of the Cullberg Ballet:
In the front: Unn Faleide, Eleanor Campbell, Samuel Draper. 
In the back: Barry Brannum, Eszter Czédulás, Paolo Mangiola
Photo: Urban Jörén

The choreographer and dancer Deborah Hay talks about the importance of language and the ethics of optimism.

 Kodak, 2006  Alle Abbildungen: © Tacita Dean, Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris/New York, Frith Street Gallery, London

Kodak, 2006 
All images: © Tacita Dean, Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris/New York, Frith Street Gallery, London

The British artist, who is currently showing at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, is known for her series of film portraits of famous men, including Merce Cunningham, Mario Merz, Michael Hamburger and Giorgio Morandi. Andreas Reiter Raabe talks to her about painterly qualities, light, colour and affection.