Talking with Painters

Ep 170: Aida Tomescu – ‘Messiaen’

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Show Notes

A highlights video from this episode will also be coming soon to the Talking with Painters YouTube channel

In this episode, I visit the studio of acclaimed abstract painter Aida Tomescu just days before the opening of her exhibition Messiaen at Fox Jensen Gallery in Sydney. The exhibition continues until 20 December 2025.

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Aida Tomescu at Fox Jensen Gallery

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Previous TWP YouTube videos of Aida Tomescu:

Aida Tomescu – extended interview

Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar (uncut)

Aida Tomescu in her studio (2017)

Aida Tomescu talks with Maria Stoljar about ‘Tuckson: the abstract sublime’

Aida Tomescu’s 2019 show ‘The Open Wounds of White Clouds’

Previous podcast conversations with Aida Tomescu:

Episode 33 – Aida Tomescu

Episode 63 – Aida Tomescu on Tony Tuckson

Episode 116 – Aida Tomescu (uncut)

Messiaen II 2024 200x460cm oil on Belgian linen Photo: Jenni Carter

Messiaen III 2025 200 x 306cm Oil on Belgian linen Photo: Jenni Carter

Messiaen 2013 oil and pigments on canvas 184 x 153 cm This is the work Tomescu refers to at the beginning of the episode

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