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In Perspective 2 | Episode Four
Khadijah Queen, Veil(s) in Relation

A new In Perspective episode reflecting on Cy Twombly, Harold Budd and the idea of the veil through the words of the 2025 recipient of the Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, Khadijah Queen.

Cy Twombly, Study for Treatise on the Veil, 1970

[Rome]

The Menil Collection, Houston, Gift of the artist

© The Menil Collection, Houston

The connection between painting, poetry and sound through the eyes of a contemporary poet and writer, Khadijah Queen. Her essay, Veil(s) in Relation, thought specifically for this episode, reflects on the series of Cy Twombly’s Treatise on the Veil paintings and related drawings, intertwining her thoughts on the artworks with the musical pieces by Harold Budd, Mars and the Artist (after Cy Twombly), 2011, and Veil of Orpheus (Cy Twombly’s), 2012, dedicated to Cy Twombly.

In Queen’s words the “veil” becomes a physical material, and metaphorically a mediation tool in language. The artist’s paintings function as a kind of time travel, connecting history to present. The nature of transparency: what we know and believe with our eyes, what history tells us, and what facilitates or prevents that simultaneous connection.

In Perspective, Season 2: Episode Four

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Announcements

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry
2026

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts has announced the recipients of the 2026 Grants to Artist.
Harmony Holiday is named the 2026 recipient of the
Cy Twombly Award for Poetry.
Cy Twombly, 1980s
Courtesy Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio

Events

Cy Twombly
A three volumes publication,
presented at Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome

A cultural portrait of Cy Twombly and his deep connection with the city of Rome to celebrate the opening of the permanent gallery dedicated to the artist at the museum.

Announcements

In Perspective 2 | Episode Three
Un/veiled.
Cy Twombly, Music, Inspirations
ISABELLA SUMMERS

A special In Perspective episode to discover Isabella Summers’ musical project To Neptune, Ruler of the Seas Profound, devoted to Cy Twombly’s life and work.
A video of her live performance which took place at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio in Rome on the occasion of the first edition of the Un/veiled program will be available for forty-eight hours beginning on January 29th, 2026.
Isabella Summers
To Neptune, Ruler of the Seas Profound
Courtesy Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio
Ph. Valerio Polici

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