A pensive Julian Schnabel had much to say about death and immortality in art when he screened his latest film, In The Hand of Dante , as the opening night film at Tribeca Festival Lisboa on Wednesday night in Lisbon, Portugal.

Schnabel, wearing his signature artist smock and fedora, during a post-screening Q&A discussed themes of art and the creative process, and argued artists create as a way to confront a fear of death.

“Whether you’re an actor or you’re a painter, you’re using yourself as a guinea pig and the tool, and you make this thing and the thing becomes the thing that lasts. It’s a way of transgressing death,” he insisted.

A pensive Julian Schnabel had much to say about death and immortality in art when he screened his latest film, In The Hand of Dante , as the o

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