Name: No Holds Barred: The Life and Art of Matthew Lanyon; Film Screening and Q&A
Start: 2026-07-03T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-03T15:45:00+01:00
Location: Falmouth University

No Holds Barred: The Life and Art of Matthew Lanyon; Film Screening and Q&A

The Festival of Matthew Lanyon

A special screening of the intimate, award-winning film about the late Cornish artist Matthew Lanyon, plus Q&A with Director Barbara Santi

Falmouth University

Matthew Lanyon: No Holds Barred is an archive-led creative documentary film released in 2020 and co-directed by Judith Lanyon and <a href="https://barbarasanti.co.uk/" title="https://barbarasanti.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Barbara Santi</a>. This moving exploration of the artists’ life and legacy reveals that his reclusive, comedic disposition disguised a fierce dedication to art. The film explores Matthew’s deep relationship with Cornwall, the work and legacy of his father the renowned post-war painter, Peter Lanyon, and the strands of love, loss, time and sensuality that continually arise across his varied practice.Told through the reflections of contemporaries including gallerist René Gimpel, writer, Michael Bird, and the artists’ close contemporaries and family, the film provides an unusually intimate insight into the world carved out by Matthew through his sustained productivity, physical labour, natural talents and the expansiveness of his mind which was never bound by convention.

No Holds Barred: The Life and Art of Matthew Lanyon; Film Screening and Q&A

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