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In Perspective 2 | Episode One
Literature Turned to a Painting
DEAN RADER
&
COLE SWENSEN

The second season of In Perspective opens with a special episode dedicated to poetry through the words and the poetic works by the poets Cole Swensen and Dean Rader.

Cy Twombly, Orpheus, 1979

[Bassano in Teverina]

© Cy Twombly Foundation

In Perspective comes back with a special episode dedicated to poetry and its deep connection with Cy Twombly and his works. Through the conversation between the poets Cole Swensen and Dean Rader as well as the reading of their poetic works dedicated to the artist, we will be accompanied to an in-between space, where poetry becomes paint and paint becomes poetry, where poem and handwriting are not definitive but living things, where the artist’s paintings look landscapes established by shades of greens “deep and full of life” and the “white” of his sculptures is a constant opening, “an enactment of a borderlessness.”

The audio conversation can be listened both on the Foundation’s Podbean channel and website, visiting the Episode One of In Perspective 2, beginning on October 30th, 2025. A transcription of the conversation will be also available.

The second season of In Perspective will be the starting point of Interludes, further insights which focus on selected works of some of the contributors to the online section. As musical interludes, each work especially dedicated to Cy Twombly will be connected to a music piece.

In Perspective, Season 2: Episode One

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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

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.

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