'Objects of Desire': Celia Paul with Jarrett Earnest

Join Rizzoli Bookstore for a conversation between Jarrett Earnest, host of Private Life, The New York Review of Books podcast, and Celia Paul to celebrate Paul’s new book, Objects of Desire: An Artist in Venice, published by New York Review Books.

Alone in Venice for an artist's residency, Celia Paul began keeping an ongoing record of her painting. Objects of Desire is a mesmerizing account of her perceptions in La Serenissima and of her preoccupations there: female desire and love, mortality, and memory. The book is a radiant record of a life devoted to art, a profound portrait of an artist who longs to confront herself and who invites the reader to do the same. After the talk, Celia Paul will sign copies of her book.

The event is free and open to the public. RSVP here.