Art collector J Tomilson Hill: ‘It’s about what I like’
From Julie Belcove
Julie Belcove of the Financial Times interviews J. Tomilson Hill before the opening of the Hill Art Foundation.
What Hill likes runs the gamut from the figurative expressionism of Francis Bacon and the bold black-and-white text paintings of Christopher Wool to the lyrically detailed bronzes of the Renaissance. “I want to be an advocate not just for quality but for juxtaposition — getting people to think about art in a different way, a different context,” he says, as a team of workers, one on stilts, plasters the wall behind him. Read the full article here.
Julie Belcove of the Financial Times interviews J. Tomilson Hill before the opening of the Hill Art Foundation.
What Hill likes runs the gamut from the figurative expressionism of Francis Bacon and the bold black-and-white text paintings of Christopher Wool to the lyrically detailed bronzes of the Renaissance. “I want to be an advocate not just for quality but for juxtaposition — getting people to think about art in a different way, a different context,” he says, as a team of workers, one on stilts, plasters the wall behind him. Read the full article here.