For the 22nd episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Richard Lacayo, author of “Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph,” published by Simon and Schuster.

Richard Lacayo is one of the world's top art critics and he has been a long-time writer and editor at Time magazine. From 2003 to 2016 he was the magazine's art and architecture critic. Richard has also written on art and architecture for People, Foreign Policy, and Graydon Carter's new online publication, Air Mail. He's the co-author, with George Russell, of “Eyewitness: 150 Years of Photojournalism,” and in 2013 he delivered a lecture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on the late careers of artists, the topic of this book.

“Last Light” tells the stories of the late careers of six of history's greatest artists — Titian, Goya, Monet, Matisse, Hopper and Nevelson —  and shows how they continued to push themselves and the boundaries of their art-making right up until the end. As Richard’s book reveals, the importance of much of this late-in-life work would not be fully understood or appreciated until decades later.

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Purchase “Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph” at Simon & Schuster and at Barnes & Noble. 

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"Reading the Art World" is a podcast featuring live interviews with leading authors and writers on important new art books. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and past President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations.

Music composed by Bob Golden