The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie

Director Evan Goodchild learns that an artist committed suicide in the converted art studio where he lived for three years in Western Massachusetts. Further investigation reveals it wasn’t just any artist, but Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000), an American master of surreal, haunting paintings and sculptures, some of which are in collections as renowned as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney and the Hirshhorn in Washington D.C. Drawing on previously unseen archival footage and extensive interviews with artists, family and art world insiders, Goodchild uncovers the full story about an artist’s escape from an insular New Jersey upbringing to study in New York and Italy. The film’s arresting photography and storytelling pulls viewers into Gillespie’s extraordinary artistic world, where he became one of the most celebrated, coveted and disturbing painters of the 1970s and beyond. Documentary screening; Evan Goodchild, Director/Editor Image courtesy of Gregory Gillespie estate Join us in-person or online! If you plan to attend in person at the Museums, tickets are available on the day of the lecture in the Welcome Center. Members: FREE Springfield residents: $4 Nonmembers: $4 To attend via ZOOM, please register in advance. Online Registration