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I’m Waldemar Januszczak, art critic of the Sunday Times - Waldy to my friends! - and with my co-host Bendor ‘Bendy’ Grosvenor, the celebrated art historian and TV giant, we’re going to be looking at interesting things that are happening in art.

Sunday Times / ZCZ Films


    • Jan 28, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES

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    Tracey Emin Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 38:16


    While Bendor is flying over the Swiss Alps, Waldemar is chatting to British artist Tracey Emin. They talk about her holiday, her recovery from cancer, and her exciting new plans for life in Margate. See the show notes on our website

    Christmas Special 2021 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 75:15


    The Waldy & Bendy Christmas and New Year Special continues with a look back at a difficult year in art. Who was best and, more importantly, who was worst.   See the show notes on our website

    Christmas Special 2021 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 80:16


    In Part 1 of their Christmas and New Year Special Waldy and Bendy finally get to meet in the flesh and chop down the best trees in art!   See the show notes at our website

    Season 3, Episode 19

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 75:29


    Season Finale! Waldy & Bendy visit Bendor Grosvenor's Farm to search for the best birds in art and look back at their favourite art moments of the lockdown.   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 72:05


    In a Line of Duty special, Waldy & Bendy get their collars felt, and then go head to head in the Battle of the Baroque!   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 17

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 66:10


    Waldy & Bendy hear some shocking news from the art world, and celebrate spring by looking at the best gardens in art.   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 58:01


    Waldy & Bendy go in search of the best St George in art, Waldy talks to Yoko Ono, while Bendy relives the Battle of Britain.   See the show notes at our website.

    Season 3, Episode 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 78:34


    Booze Special! To celebrate the reopening of pubs in Britain, Waldy & Bendy search out the best drinking scenes in art. Also, ex-Masterchef presenter, Lloyd Grossman, talks about his new book on Bernini!   The Waldy and Bendy T shirts are back in stock! Get yours here! See the show notes on our website. 

    Season 3, Episode 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 66:49


    Digital Special! Waldy & Bendy change their names, get lost in the Metaverse, and continue their search for the best horse picture in art. Plus Beyonce!   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 71:03


    In their Easter Special, Waldy & Bendy look at the best eggs in art. Waldy also has a chat with David Hockney about spring.   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 60:30


    Waldy & Bendy raid Bendor Grosvenor's farm in the search for the best horse in art! Waldy reveals how Caspar David Friedrich changed his television career, while, Bendy visits the Queen.   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 63:22


    Waldy & Bendy discuss some shocking news from the art world and investigate the future of museums. Bendy talks to a big honcho who’s written a book on the subject, while Waldy remembers Louisville, Kentucky.   See the show notes at our website.

    Season 3, Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 67:29


    Waldy & Bendy celebrate Mother's Day with a look at mothers in art, and pop into the big auction to see how much the Beeple will fetch. Also Waldy has a chat with Andy Goldsworthy about land art.   See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 50:38


    Waldy & Bendy delve into hell in the art of Hieronymus Bosch, and almost come to blows over prices in the auction world. Meanwhile Bendor takes a walk in ancient Rome and Waldy goes to India.   See the show notes at our website.

    Season 3, Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 59:18


    Waldy & Bendy celebrate the dodgy anniversary of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bendy has a chat with Joanna Wood about accessibility in museums, and Waldy goes to Istanbul in his dreams.   See the show notes at our website.

    Season 3, Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 51:21


    Waldy & Bendy celebrate the dodgy birth of El Greco, and Waldy has a chat with Britain’s greatest forger, Shaun Greenhalgh. Plus the spiritual abstraction of Georgiana Houghton. See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 51:29


    Waldy and Bendy have a Valentine's Day kiss-off, and conclude their search for the Worst Film About an Artist Ever Made with The Rebel starring Tony Hancock. Find the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 51:54


    Waldy & Bendy go head to head deciding if Lust For life is a worse van Gogh film than At Eternity’s Gate.  Plus the Raphael cartoons and a scary portrait of Andy Warhol. See the paintings in the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 49:09


    Waldy & Bendy run the rule over Albrecht Dürer and continue their search for the worst film about an artist ever made with ‘Pollock’, starring Ed Harris. Plus, a visit to an auction and Sophie the art baby. See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 47:34


    Waldy & Bendy discover a new kind of blue and poke about in the Oval Office, looking at the art. The bad film this week is The Agony and the Ecstasy, with Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Julius II. See the show notes on our website.

    Season 3, Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 51:34


    Waldy & Bendy discuss sculpture after a chat with Antony Gormley, and then entertain themselves in the lockdown by watching a terrible film about Frida Kahlo. Then Waldy chooses a Fatimid ewer for his imaginary shelf.

    Season 3, Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 57:05


    Waldy & Bendy confront some shocking news from the art world. Waldy has a chat with the head conservation honcho at the National Gallery. And Bendy chooses an obscure picture for his On the Wall. Not! See the show notes at our website.

    Season 2, Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 74:54


    Christmas Special. Waldy & Bendy argue about the Best Nativity in Art, Bendy has a chat with a Hollywood superstar, and Waldy puts on a sealskin onesie. Find the show notes on our website.

    Season 2, Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 62:34


    Waldy and Bendy go gaga over the Royal Collection, and things go from baaaad to worse when they try to select the best sheep in art. See the show notes at ZCZ Films.

    Season 2, Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 50:20


    Waldy tries to convince Bendy of the wonders of Rococo, and they both put on their wellies and stomp back to the farm to look at cats in art. Plus Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. See the show notes at our website.

    Season 2, Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 54:45


    Waldy & Bendy dive into the dangerous artistic waters of fakes and forgeries, and ask what’s real in art and what isn’t? When they’ve done that, they go fishing and play some chess.

    Season2, Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 51:18


    Waldy & Bendy discuss an exciting new Museum of African Art, talk to the author of The Brutish Museums, and then cuddle up to Bendy’s donkey. That’s right. Bendy has a donkey.

    Season 2, Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 43:50


    Waldy & Bendy attempt an American art special. But don’t get very far. Also, the timely return of the Waldy & Bendy Awards, where the search is on for the worst statue in Britain. Check out the show notes on our website.

    Season 2, Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 42:57


    Waldy and Bendy catch up on what they’ve been up to in the interim since the last lockdown and discuss Artemisia Gentileschi. Find the show notes here.

    Waldy and Ron's Adventures in Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 27:57


    In a one episode special, Waldy swaps partners and teams up with his pal Ron to talk about flying works of art - otherwise known as birds.You can also watch the episode on Youtube where pictures of the birds are included.

    Episode 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 41:32


    Waldy and Bendy take a pop at Hogarth and discuss what it's like to visit galleries again as the lockdown eases. In On the Wall, Bendy goes for a stolen painting while Waldy goes for a heap of old instruments.See the show notes at the Sunday Times website.

    Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 45:12


    Waldy & Bendy interview the director of the National Gallery and ask why the museums are taking such a long time to reopen. Then they hand out the prestigious Waldy & Bendy Award for the Worst Painter of Children in art. See the show notes on The Sunday Times website.

    Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 45:13


    Waldy and Bendy go head to head, arguing over whether British art is actually any good. And the Wendy Awards return, this time handed out to the best painters of children.Find the show notes at the Sunday Times website.

    Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 45:09


    Waldy & Bendy talk to Damien Hirst talk about the impact of the lockdown and fall in love with Gainsborough. Bendy chooses a picture to hang on his wall that is famous for its wart, while Waldy goes for something bigger. Much bigger.See pictures and links in the show notes on the Sunday Times website.

    Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 40:06


    Waldy and Bendy discuss iconoclasm and choose ‘the world’s worst museum website’. In On The Wall, Bendy goes for a landscape and Waldy goes for a VW camper van!Check out the show notes at The Sunday Times Website.

    Episode 09

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 36:26


    Waldy & Bendy wade into the Pre-Raphaelites and then hand out the first Wendies - the Waldy & Bendy Awards for the best museum websites. With big winners and even bigger losers!Find images and links at The Sunday Times website.

    Episode 08

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 38:43


    We talk to Grayson and Philippa Perry about their TV Art Club and ask who wears the trousers in their relationship? We also discuss The Royal Academy and Malcolm Gladwell's podcast 'The Lady Vanishes'. Plus Waldy gets in touch with his Polish roots!See show notes and pictures on The Sunday Times.

    Episode 07

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 36:18


    Tate Modern ought to be celebrating its 20th birthday, but the party had to be called off. So Waldy and Bendy throw their own party. Bendy also has a go at curating and Waldy picks Gustav Klimt's gorilla as his painting of the week.See show notes at The Sunday Times

    Episode 06

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 37:51


    Why are celebrities grabbing their paint brushes during the Great Lockdown, and what exactly is the elusive art movement they call Mannerism? Plus Waldy’s self-portrait as Philip Guston.See the show notes at the Sunday Times Website

    Episode 05

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 33:24


    Rubens divides opinions. But can he divide Waldy & Bendy? Also, a lockdown interview with Tracey Emin and why Bendy wants a Holbein.Check out the show notes on The Sunday Times website.

    Episode 04

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 29:00


    This week: Artemisia Gentileschi. Is she as good as everyone says? We also review Grayson Perry’s new TV art show and discuss why picture restoration has suddenly become such a popular topic.Find the show notes on the Sunday Times website: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldy-and-bendys-adventures-in-art-93t6w6wwh 

    Episode 03

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 30:17


    What do we think of Caravaggio, and can bad people be good artists? Also, a lockdown interview with the director of the Wallace Collection.Find the show notes on The Sunday Times website: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldy-and-bendys-adventures-in-art-986cwq9nq 

    Episode 02

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 33:28


    Why are we so obsessed with Leonardo da Vinci, and a virtual tour of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Show notes on Sunday Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldy-and-bendys-adventures-in-art-25w56nkkm 

    Episode 01

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 32:12


    Should museums be allowed to ‘deaccession’ their collections, and why was Gauguin such a good painter of children? Find the show notes on the Sunday Times website: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldy-and-bendys-adventures-in-art-pzs79xj7b 

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