Thursday, February 6, 2014
How Michael Palin Broke the Silence of The Helga Paintings
Not many art stories make the cover of both TIME and Newsweek in the same week, but the revelation of Andrew Wyeth’s infamous “Helga Paintings”
in 1986 caused a news stir that spilled outside the confines of the
culture sections. The tale included all the ingredients of a ripping
yarn for the masses—deceit, fame, big money, and a pinch of sex to spice
things up. The “Helga” of the “Helga Paintings,” Helga Testorf, fled
the paparazzi at the time and maintained her silence both about the
paintings themselves and the nature of her relationship with Wyeth
before, during, and years after their creation. In the BBC Program Michael Palin in Wyeth’s World, former Monty Python member and amateur art historian Michael Palin
finally entices Helga from the shadows to speak about the paintings and
the painter. What she shares raises new questions about the works as
well as what the legacy of Andrew Wyeth should be. Please come over to Picture This at Big Think to read more of "How Michael Palin Broke the Silence of The Helga Paintings."
Labels:
Big Think,
Rembrandt,
Van Gogh (Vincent),
Wyeth (Andrew),
Wyeth (Jamie)
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