Twombly is invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale; he will be invited twice more, in 1989 and in 2001.
1964
Leo Castelli exhibition and Donald Judd’s scathing review
The Leo Castelli Gallery shows the nine-panel Discourses on Commodus (1963); the artist and writer Donald Judd pans it, seeing in these paintings nothing but a few drips and splatters and an occasional pencil line.
1964
Meets Nicola Del Roscio
Twombly meets Nicola Del Roscio of Gaeta, who will become his longtime assistant, companion and archivist.
