I met Maggie while working as an art technician in London a couple of years ago. I remember for the two weeks I was hanging her work she would constantly correct me and tell me I was doing it all wrong, or that I was taking too long... I knew I was doing everything right so I just genuinely thought that she didn't like me as a human being. Then on the final day of the hang she approached me and snuck a £50 in my pocket and said she was really impressed with the work I'd done. Although I was a little jarred by her at first, I really warmed to her towards the end, and I began to see through the iron lady 'act' that she puts on around people in public (and during the interviews in this video). Don't be fooled, although she comes across as standoffish at first she has a heart of gold! I was also involved in delivering her work back to her house/studio in south London. She was so nice to us both, and gave us a personal tour of her house, including showing us a copy of the preface to dorian grey signed by Oscar Wilde and given to her by none other than Stephen Fry, which was hung in her kitchen (only Maggie would hang such a thing in her kitchen) Great artist and lovely human being.

I love the qoate “Everything has to be an experiment or it is dead” - lovely video thank you for sharing

Fascinating from start to finish. Thank you!

Maggie's words: "You're doing something positive while inside there's a great hurting..." YES ❤

I adore Maggi and absolutely agree with her attitude of keeping alive and refusing to repeat herself but continue to be curious and working so intensewith being totally present and open to experience

happy to see an exhibition by this fabulous artist

Beautiful video ; strong artist- thank you; truly inspirational and fabulous

I love her work!

The portrait of her dad made me cry in 2''

I expected crap, and i got one of the best artists i've ever seen. I would so love to talk to this beautiful person for an entire day, even if her art were never to be shown, she'd be incredibly interesting. Ofcourse i'm not alone in wanting to talk to her, and the idea of so many people talking to her likely horrifies her and i appreciate that. Still would really want to though

Some of her work had me in tears.

For once I would like to hear the artist speak instead of listening to comments by other people. Frankly I couldn't care less what THEY think. Thank goodness for the fast forward button.

A terrific maker of art.

i fell in love after that first sentence

LOVE THIS ARTIST AND HER WORKS!

I love her method and her works.

Great work, Maggi Hambling makes me laugh in appreciation. Such freedom of expression. I see in this "iron lady" who knows so well how she wants to arrange her world and thinking for herself, a witch of a kind that loves to throw people off guard in almost a shock-therapeutic manner to put an end to complacency. Especially in Britain, I believe it's just what the doctor orders. After living almost 5 years on that island, I completely understand why it needs its portion of highly eccentric and maverick residents. Not that it helps much, though, hahaha. Most of British population is a hard stoney nut to crack when it's about inner change due to a collective hypnosis, always correcting those who are at risk of waking up in real time.

Loved this. Thank you x

Her drawings are exceptional.

She is a brilliant Artist ❤️🔥 just love it 🔥🔥🔥

Amazing artist, love her! Thanks for the great, inspirational video! :)

I really enjoyed this!

Absolutely marvellous

by far my favorite artist!

She is amazing.

A great real artiste!!

Powerful, stunning and raw emotion experiencing her art! Amazing!

wonderful creative madness love herxxx

Moving. Smart. Love her.

What a character!! Would love to have a pint with this lady!!

BOMB!!!!!!! OF AN ARTIST!!!!!!!!!!!

The Museum has been collecting her Art for 30 years?! WoW!

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I was unaquainted with Maggie Hambling. I have never fallen so hard so fast. One second and I am a devotee. P. S.: Can I put "not an ist' on a t shirt? Just for me of course!!!

Hats off, Lady ...

many thanks..

Maggi Hambling you’re amazing!

I love it!

thank you, Maggie is my new discovery, I am in love

she is adorable!! reminds me of Jhoan Roa the venezuelan artist

Yeah deep thinking passionate wild and Oscar I saw him recently in London blow me away

I'd love to have her as my grandma

Wonderfull art - all of it - so surprisingly intense and totally alive filled with multidimensionalities of felt meaning and beauty totally transcendens dualisme of figurative-abstract,, realism-imagined, I wish It could be shown in Denmark

Que artista excepcional!

Great Artist very original, many artists copied her style.

she is adorable!! reminds me of my Grandmother!!! :)

I love her idiosyncratic personality. It matches her work. Although different artists typically try to stand out rather pretentiously, she has an original disposition played out by her many interesting years lived. 😑

Inspirational

I friggin love her.

Shes always evolving.

Love it

She’s magnificent

Fantastic intense drawing techniques ,emotional connections portraying wide human psychological states

Really enjoyed this portrait of one of my favorite artists. Wish you didn't put the commercial at the front of it Bloomberg.

Maggi Hambling is our greatest living painter...

why if it isn't my old friend from the shire, bilbo baggins.

love maggie!

Fantastic looking Ink Blots. like getting excited going to the loo!

She reminds me of Bilbo Baggins.

wow. Hadnt heard of her before this

unconscious beauty x

awesome

You rock Maggi

I wish I could have lunch with Maggi Hambling. She may be the greatest artist of our age.

I immediately like her.

Can we have a show with Maggie and Miriam Margoyles blowing up old power stations please? That would be amazing.

Bilbo Baggins out here like a renaissance artist.

Her larger 'epic' painting remind me of some of Anselm Kiefer's 'epic' work, just not as gigantic in scale.

super art

Haha I love her x

🧡

Some pieces remind me of Egon Schiele

Yes She is a 'terrible beauty' .But a Beauty none the less.

Reminds me of Da Vinci: the line work - Cedric, February 8, 1982

compmaturism is a magic of painting

What about Banksy foo?

the subtitles are fucking hilarious.

I like her...real.. Ist.

I like Maggie humbling and I too know and I too know what it’s like to be Ill I have a imaginary friend I share my art with.xxxxxcathy

every documentary i see her in she is always smoking a cig lol

The ice melting must look feeble compared to the last ice age.

Looks just like Bilbo Baggins !

bloody critics, can't stand them.

Not just a scarf but a ...

Maggi is straighter than I thought not in a sexual manner. But more traditional in style Very interesting Artist indeed tho!

"I'm not an ist" but you're an artist.

Is this art? It looks like wallpaper.

A cantakerous and difficult person comes through - but also obviously a great artist.

if she doesnt like ist and isnt ist does it mean that she isnt art-ist?

I thought it was don imus!

I thought this guy worked with giant glass pieces that other people make?

Il nulla!

"I'm not an ist."

Look at Magritte. Was a great artist but would many times repeat himself constantly to boredom, at around 50 paintings of the same idea and style.

dark morbid depressing...... but in SA we have a lovely saying....dit is kak hoor!!!!!

bullS&%$ism, I"ll pay a million

just makes stuff 'that sells'..

drawrring? what's the matter with these people?

it's whatever she says it is but..art like this isn't relevant.

Except the climate isn't warming because of humans at all. But other than that, great artist.

Maggi Hambling is our greatest living painter...