Keanu Reeves says Alexandra Grant is an easy woman to love

Keanu Reeves has made clear just how he feels about his partner, visual artist Alexandra Grant — and he is not keeping it quiet.

The couple spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles whilst attending the 2026 MOCA Gala on Saturday.

During their appearance on the red carpet at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo, the pair reflected on how their respective creative work has evolved since they began their relationship.

Love has made Grant's paintings happier

When asked whether he agreed with the suggestion that Grant, 53, is an "easy woman to love," Reeves, 61, responded with an enthusiastic and unequivocal, "Yes!"

Grant, whose work has been exhibited in galleries across the country, went on to reflect on the influence their relationship has had on her art.

"That's a big question," she told PEOPLE. "I would say that all painting is autobiographical, even though maybe even in abstraction it doesn't look like there's a big narrative, but I would definitely say that my paintings become happier."

"It's undeniable," she added of the happy tinge that loving Reeves adds to her work. "I have to admit that."

The John Wick star offered a more measured response on his own creative evolution, admitting, "I don't know if it has."

A relationship rooted in creative collaboration

Grant and Reeves have been romantically linked since 2019. Their connection originally developed on a professional footing through the book Ode to Happiness, which Reeves wrote and Grant illustrated.

The pair went on to co-found a publishing house before going public with their romance two years after their initial collaboration.

Supporting art and culture at the MOCA Gala

At the MOCA Gala — an event the couple also attended together in 2024 — both stressed the importance of not only creating art themselves, but actively championing those who make and celebrate it.

This year's honourees included artists Kara Walker and Paul McCarthy, as well as philanthropist Eugenio López Alonso, a longstanding member of MOCA's board of trustees.

"We are here to support MOCA because we love this museum, and in 2007 [former senior curator at MOMA] Alma Ruiz gave me my first solo show here at MOCA, so I have a long history of coming to the museum and supporting them," Grant told PEOPLE, "and we want the museum to have a rich and really culturally significant future."

She continued, "We are big supporters of this museum and [MOMA's Interim Maurice Marciano Director] Ann Goldstein, and everyone who's doing everything to make it remain such an important museum in Los Angeles and the world."

Reeves, meanwhile, highlighted the social dimension of the evening.

"I mean, it's just seeing a lot of friends, and what I love about this gala is that a lot of artists are here, as well as the people who support them," he said, as Grant chimed in, "Just like us."

Grant opens up about balancing love and creative work

The couple's appearance at the gala came just two days after Grant spoke about their relationship at the launch event for her new wine brand, LOVE Wine, L.A., held on Thursday. At that occasion, she told PEOPLE how she and her "appreciative" partner manage to balance their professional and creative lives.

The "key," she said, lies in "the mutual respect," explaining: "Every project has its own autonomy, its own team, it has its own sort of rules, and it has a beginning, middle and end. So we both are people who do projects, and you know, I've lived with John Wick, I've lived with Neo."

Grant, referring to Reeves' iconic roles in the John Wick franchise and The Matrix films, added: "When he's in a character, for example, I have so much respect for that understanding that this is the middle to the end of a project, right? And I think the same goes for painting."

"When I'm in painter mode, I am in it," she said. "I'm fully in it, and it's not playing a character, but it is performing, you know, painting really is a form of performance too."