Among other things, John Lurie is a reality-television pioneer. A musician who founded jazz group the Lounge Lizards and who moonlighted as an actor in films such as Jim Jarmusch’s “Down By Law,” ...

Thirty years after his first unscripted TV series aired, John Lurie is getting another. HBO will debut “Painting With John,” a new series directed by, written by and starring Lurie, Jan. 22. Each of ...

Nearly 30 years after cult favorite 'Fishing with John,' musician and character actor John Lurie returns to TV with an HBO half-hour loosely focused on his tertiary career as an artist. By Daniel ...

In the trailer for his new HBO show, the musician, actor, and painter John Lurie pits himself against a much-beloved American television host. “Bob Ross was wrong. Everybody can’t paint,” Lurie ...

Like many great TV shows, Painting With John teaches its audience how to watch it. John Lurie—writer, director, musician, and star of the series—introduces a general blueprint in the first episode ...

John Lurie is no Bob Ross. The actor/musician/artist makes that clear in the trailer for his new six-part series “Painting with John,” which debuts on HBO and HBO Max on Jan. 22. “Bob Ross was wrong,” ...

It’s the third season of Painting With John (Max), featuring the creative restlessness of artist, musician, actor, and director John Lurie. These brief episodes typically revolve around Lurie’s ...

Back in 1991, Lounge Lizards leader and occasional actor John Lurie made a surreal travel show, Fishing with John, where he and some of his friends (Tom Waits, Jim Jarmusch, Willem DaFoe, Matt Dillon ...

John Lurie emerged onto the art scene in the spring of 2004, when he had his first painting exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery. Since then Lurie’s work has been exhibited in esteemed galleries ...

John Lurie’s eccentric HBO series is no Bob Ross how-to. Its lessons are stranger and deeper. By James Poniewozik The title of HBO’s “Painting With John” is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, there is painting ...

Among other things, John Lurie is a reality-television pioneer. A musician who founded jazz group the Lounge Lizards and who moonlighted as an actor in films such as Jim Jarmusch’s “Down By Law,” ...