Bill Viola made video art ask the biggest, most universal questions
Jonathan Jones
The artist, who has died aged 73, used his medium to explore survival, reason, life, death and the soul. In a world of oversaturation, his art gave stillness
Bill Viola obituary
Video artist who melded the material and the spiritual and applied modern technology to Renaissance subjects
Bill Viola, ‘the Rembrandt of the video age’, dies aged 73
The pioneer in new media and installation art worked with everyone from Nine Inch Nails to the Royal Academy in London, where his art was presented with Michelangelo’s
January 2020
Smashed cars and Chinese chewing: the five masterpieces of video art
Half a century ago, an art form flickered into life as mavericks from Nam June Paik to Bill Viola took up technology to transform the way we see the world
February 2019
Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth review – an uneasy dialogue
This show exploring the affinities between Michelangelo and Bill Viola risks diminishing both artists
January 2019
Michelangelo makes mincemeat of soggy Bill Viola – review
Michelangelo’s vivid, vital drawings are well worth looking at, preferably unaccompanied by the empty spectacle of Viola’s video installations
July 2018
Royal Academy to host Bill Viola video art showcase
Exhibition will bring together 12 installations by American artist paired with Renaissance works by Michelangelo
November 2017
Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's review – come all ye video art converts
Shot over 12 years, this unobtrusive documentary follows the superstar artist as he makes his monumental video installations, Mary and Martyrs, for St Paul’s Cathedral
July 2016
St Paul's to unveil new Bill Viola video work of Mary carrying body of Jesus
A large-scale installation by the artist will be a companion piece to his Martyrs, which was unveiled in 2014
September 2015
Autumn arts preview 2015
Art, design and architecture: what to see in autumn 2015
Ai Weiwei hits Britain, Turner goes to Glasgow, the Celts invade the British Museum – and Damien Hirst has a crack at curating with the opening of his own £25m gallery
June 2015
Bill Viola video installation heralds new national exhibition space for faith art
Bespoke version of work shown at St Paul’s Cathedral in 2014 depicting martyrdom and the elements is first at St Peter’s Chapel, Auckland Castle
October 2014
Australia culture blog
Adelaide festival 2015 will tempt with outside-the-box line-up
Director David Sefton offers plenty to savour – from a chamber opera to a one-woman show which brings a river to life
May 2014
Bill Viola: 'People thought I was an idiot and that video would never last'
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Ai Weiwei, paint ejaculations and prehistoric farts – the week in art
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Hallelujah! Why Bill Viola's Martyrs altarpiece at St Paul's is to die for
Bill Viola’s second coming: watch the eerie video installation Martyrs for St Paul’s Cathedral – video
May 2012
Portrait of the artist
Portrait of the artist: Bill Viola, video artist
'I fell into a lake aged six and saw the most beautiful world. My work is about getting back there'
September 2010
Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde in widescreen
August 2009
Artist Rooms
Artist Rooms is a collection of international contemporary art, donated by British art dealer Anthony d'Offay, and currently on display in art galleries around the UK, with attention to original site-specific intentions
