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Bill Viola, the artist described by some as the ‘Rembrandt of the video age’ but dismissed by others as ‘overrated’ – obituary

Bill Viola, who has died aged 73, was a pioneer of video art who created technically complex productions that divided art critics, museum curators and the public; his videos can be seen in the Tate Modern and St Paul’s Cathedral and were used as the backdrop for Peter Sellars’ 2005 staging of Wagner’s Tristan und… Read More »

Bill Viola obituary

In 1957, on a family vacation, Bill Viola fell into a lake. He was six years old. Sixty years later, Viola, who died at the age of 73, recalled the incident. “When I went into the water, I didn’t hold my float and I sank right to the bottom,” he said. “I experienced weightlessness and… Read More »