Anselm Kiefer at GAGOSIAN Leon Kossoff at LUHRING AUGUSTINE

James Kalm, for unexpected reasons, hasn’t edited and posted a Rough Cuts production in nearly eight months. So, it is with a renewed effort to bring viewers the best in new content that your correspondent presents this most painterly of reports to a screen near you. “Seal My Ears Shut and I Shall Hear You Still” at Gagosian is Kiefer’s latest presentation. Consisting of eight large paintings. To quote the press release “Kiefer evokes the weight of history, the fickleness of human relations, and the emotions that love, longing, and desire can spawn, envy, jealousy, joy, passion anxiety, vulnerability. These works speak of a timeless need that is both ancient and contemporary”. These goals are accomplished in the artists signature heavy oil paint and goldleaf. Leon Kossoff at Luhring Augustine is a mini retrospective that brings together nearly sixty years of work by this seminal member of the London School. This exhibition features some of the artist’s most iconic works, both landscape and figurative, and allows viewers to appreciate why Kossoff is one of the most influential painters of his generation. This program was recorded June 6, 2026 #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk