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See the groundbreaking work and legacy of American artist Gregory Gillespie (1936 – 2000) in this award-winning (Best Documentary Boston.Doc, Audience Award at Cannes International Film Week Festival, and Cinephile award at Newburyport Documentary Film Festival) feature documentary.

Director Evan Goodchild takes art fans on a riveting journey from Gillespie’s sacred studio space in rural Massachusetts to The Whitney in New York, The Hirshhorn in Washington D.C., and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, meeting the people who loved him and learned from him. Drawing on archival footage – much of it seen and heard here for the first time – and extensive interviews with former director of The Whitney Adam Weinberg, artists William Beckman and Jane Lund, artist/critic Alexi Worth, author A.J. Verdelle, and many more, The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie investigates Gillespie’s extraordinary breakthroughs in technique and invention over a rarefied career.

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