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Megan Shaw is an art historian who recently completed her PhD at the University of Auckland with her thesis entitled ‘A Female Favourite: Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham (1603-1649)'. Megan's doctoral research was supported by a Junior Fellowship with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Her article on York House in the Furniture History journal includes a transcription of a newly discovered inventory of the Duchess of Buckingham's closets. Outside of academia she is an archivist and project manager at the Chartwell Collection Trust and her first book on Chartwell's philanthropy and this prestigious New Zealand art collection will be published in early April.See the artworks discussed in the episode:Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham and her family  Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their two eldest children, Prince Charles and Princess Mary, April-August 1632, Royal Collection TrustVilliers tomb at Westminster

Jessa Fairbrother (b. London) is a British visual artist whose work spans stitch, photography, performance and drawing. The body is her main material. She holds an MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster (2010) and trained at drama school in London in the 1990s.  This laid the groundwork for her ongoing investigation of how art and audience collide. The artist book of her work Conversations with my mother, is held in collections at Tate Britain, the V&A, London and The Museum of Fine Art, Houston.  Yale Centre for British Art and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery also hold pieces from this series. Her companion piece, Role Play (Woman with Cushion) is included in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood – a Hayward Touring exhibition travelling the UK throughout 2024-2025 and included in the 2024 Thames and Hudson book of the same name by curator of the show, Hettie Judah. She is a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust scholar, training at the Royal School of Needlework in historical hand embroidery, which she incorporates into her photographic work. This is now embedded in her long-term multi-faceted project A Fencing Manual for Women, which has also been supported in it's development by a DYCP grant from the Arts Council of England, The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust, Hosking Houses Trust, Gane Trust and GRAIN as well as private sponsors. Jessa became an RWA Academician in 2023. She works from her studio in Bristol, UK.   Jessa's official website. https://jessafairbrother.com/ Follow Jessa on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/jessfairbrother/ Tate Papers: Severance: Jessa Fairbrother's Conversations with My Mother 2016 - Jennifer Mundy https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/33/severance-jessa-fairbrother-conversations-my-mother   Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney   This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 27. October 2024 between Perth (AU) and Bristol (UK). Portrait of Jessa Fairbrother by Trish Morrissey in the Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood exhibition at MAC in Birmingham.

‘What's left for art? Art can offer ritual and ceremony, a communal place where bodies can gather. It's a place where things can happen visually, musically, sonically, and in dance and with the voice.' – Mark Leckey  In the fifth episode of the Frieze Masters Podcast, artist Mark Leckey, curator Polly Staple and Director of Art Fund Jenny Waldman reflect on the legacy and future of British art and discuss how it might expand its reach to engage young and underrepresented audiences.   Mark Leckey is a Turner Prize-winning artist whose work is infused with popular culture, memory and experience; Polly Staple is Director of Collection, British Art, at Tate; and Jenny Waldman CBE is Director of Art Fund.    Full transcript available at frieze.com About Frieze Masters Podcast  The Frieze Masters Podcast in collaboration with dunhill is back for 2024, bringing you the annual Frieze Masters Talks programme recorded during this year's fair. The series of seven discussions was curated by Sheena Wagstaff and Shanay Jhaveri, with the title ‘The Creative Mind', and features 21 intergenerational and international speakers exploring how the art of the past can help make sense of the present.  The series includes topics ‘The State We're In', ‘The Faces of Community' and ‘The Power of Painting', with speakers ranging from artists – Nairy Baghramian, Jeremy Deller, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Shirazeh Houshiary, Mark Leckey, Glenn Ligon, Ming Smith – to curators such as Gabriele Finaldi, Glenn Lowry and Victoria Siddall, plus writers, thinkers, architects and politicians.  About Frieze  Frieze is the world's leading platform for modern and contemporary art, dedicated to artists, galleries, collectors and art lovers alike. Frieze comprises three magazines –

While the great Italian renaissance painters and the Dutch masters are world famous, why are there so few British artists from this period leading the way? It's one of the questions the art historian Bendor Grosvenor examines in his new history, The Invention of British Art. From prehistoric bone carvings to the landscapes of John Constable, Grosvenor reassesses the contribution British artists have made at home and abroad.The writer and former curator at the V&A Susan Owens wants to turn our attention to drawing. It is a simpler, more democratic form of art-making, she argues in The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art. And one that is a fundamental part of the creative process. She reveals what can be learnt by looking again at the sketches made by Gainsborough, William Blake and Tacita Dean. The artist Lucinda Rogers specialises in urban landscapes. She immerses herself in her environment and records straight from eye to paper. Her intimate street views explore the changing nature of cities, from London to New York. During the US Presidential election she travelled to different locations as a reportage illustrator. A reproduction of her first sketchbook, New York Winter 1988, has just been re-released. Producer: Katy Hickman

In this History of Prints (HoP) episode, Tru and I finish talking about the life and work of William Hogarth, the father of Western sequential art.  We look at and pick apart three series: Industry and Idleness, The Four Stages of Cruelty, and Humours of an Election. Timely, no? Hogarth continues to point out society's faults and baser instincts. He never stopped trying to teach the masses about comportment and judgment. Episode image: William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Gin Lane, 1751. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. (38.3 x 31.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Useful Links Harlot's Progress video from Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. https://youtu.be/VPQze0EbpdQ Harlot's Progress video from Reading the Past. https://youtu.be/u1rtBD0qvPY?si=DkVatOJ5-vEyrIqF Beer Street and Gin Lane from Reading the Past. https://youtu.be/A3-Je-lSKrE?si=C9igJSDSvYVyRabY After Allan Ramsay (British, 1713–1784). Portrait of William Hunter, 1760. Engraving. Wellcome Collection. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779). Saying Grace, c. 1740. Oil on canvas. 49.5 x 38.5 cm. (19 ½ x 15 ¼ in.). Musée du Louvre. Paris. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805). The Village Bride, 1761. Oil on canvas. 92 x 117 cm. (36 x 46 in.). Musée du Louvre. Paris. Inigo Jones (British, 1573–1652). Banqueting House, 1622. London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The South Sea Scheme, 1722. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 ¼ x 12 15/16 in. (26.1 x 32.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, 1732 or before. Series of 6 etchings with engraving. Sheet (each): 12 5/16 x 15 1/8 in. (31.3 x 38.4 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, 1735. Series of 8 paintings. Sir John Soane's Museum, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, 1735. Series of 8 etchings with engraving. Sheet (each): 13 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (35.2 x 40.4 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode, c. 1743. Series of 6 paintings. Each: 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. After William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode, 1745. Series of 6 etchings with engraving. Plate (each): 15 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (38.7 x 47 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III, 1746. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 16 3/8 x 20 1/2 in. (41.6 x 52 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Analysis of Beauty, written with a view to fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste. London: J. Reeves, 1743. S curves from The Analysis of Beauty, written with a view to fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste. London: J. Reeves, 1743. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Plate I from The Analysis of Beauty, written with a view to fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste. London: J. Reeves, 1743. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Plate II from The Analysis of Beauty, written with a view to fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste. London: J. Reeves, 1743. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Fellow ‘Prentices at their Looms, plate 1 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Plate: 10 3/8 x 13 7/16 in. (26.4 x 34.2 cm.); sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 in. (27 x 35.5 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Industrious ‘Prentice Performing the Duty of a Christian, plate 2 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (26.4 x 34.9 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Idle ‘Prentices at Play in the Churchyard, plate 3 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 9/16 in. (26 x 34.5 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Industrious ‘Prentice a Favourite and Entrusted by his Master, plate 4 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Plate: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (26.3 x 34.3 cm.); sheet: 10 11/16 x 13 7/8 in. (27.1 x 35.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Idle ‘Prentice Turned Away and Sent to Sea, plate 5 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 11/16 in. (26.4 x 34.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Industrious ‘Prentice Out of his Time and Married to his Master's Daughter, plate 6 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Plate: 10 3/8 x 13 9/16 in. (26.4 x 34.4 cm.); sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 7/8 in. (26.8 x 35.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Idle ‘Prentice Returned from Sea and in a Garret with a Common Prostitute, plate 7 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 5/8 in. (26.2 x 34.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Industrious ‘Prentice Grown Rich and Sheriff of London, plate 8 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Plate: 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (26 x 34.3 cm.); sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (26.3 x 35 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Idle ‘Prentice Betrayed by his Whore and Taken in a Night Cellar with his Accomplices, plate 9 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Plate: 10 5/16 x 13 9/16 in. (26.2 x 34.4 cm.); sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 3/4 in. (26.9 x 35 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Industrious ‘Prentice Alderman of London, The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeached by his Accomplices, plate 10 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (25.8 x 34.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Idle ‘Prentice Executed at Tyburn, plate 11 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (26.4 x 40 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Industrious ‘Prentice Lord Mayor of London, plate 12 from the series Industry and Idleness, 1747. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 10 9/16 x 15 13/16 in. (26.9 x 40.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Gin Lane, 1751. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. (38.3 x 31.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Beer Street, 1751. Engraving. Sheet: 15 1/8 x 12 11/16 in. (38.4 x 32.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The First Stage of Cruelty, 1751. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 14 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Second Stage of Cruelty, 1751. Etching and engraving. Plate: 15 1/4 x 12 9/16 in. (38.8 x 31.9 cm.); sheet: 16 1/16 x 13 1/4 in. (40.8 x 33.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Cruelty in Perfection, 1751. Etching and engraving. Plate: 15 1/4 x 12 11/16 in. (38.8 x 32.2 cm.); sheet: 15 13/16 x 13 3/16 in. (40.2 x 33.5 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Reward of Cruelty, 1751. Etching and engraving. Plate: 15 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (38.8 x 32 cm.); sheet: 15 3/4 x 13 1/16 in. (40 x 33.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election I: An Election Entertainment, 1754–55. Oil on canvas. 101 x 128 cm. Sir John Soane's Museum, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election II: Canvassing for Votes, 1754–55. Oil on canvas. 102.3 x 131.4 cm. Sir John Soane's Museum, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election III: The Polling, 1754–55. Oil on canvas. 102.2 x 131.1 cm. Sir John Soane's Museum, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election IV: Chairing the Member, 1754–55. Oil on canvas. 103 x 131.8 cm. Sir John Soane's Museum, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election I: An Election Entertainment, 1755. Engraving. 40.5 x 54 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election II: Canvassing for Votes, 1755. Engraving. 40.5 x 54 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election III: The Polling, 1755. Engraving. 40.5 x 54 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Humours of an Election IV: Chairing the Member, 1755. Engraving. 40.5 x 54 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879). The Verdict of the People, 1854–55. Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 in. (116.8 x 139.7 cm.). Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879). Stump Speaking, 1853–54. Oil on canvas. 42 1/2 x 58 in. (108 x 147.3 cm.). Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879). The County Election, 1852. Oil on canvas. 38 x 52 in. (96.5 x 132.1 cm.). Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Tailpiece, or the Bathos, 1764. Engraving. 261 x 323 mm. Royal Academy of Arts, London.

In this special episode, Charlie Higson indulges his fascination with British art. His guest is Bendor Grosvenor, the art historian, writer and former art dealer. As well as his sleuthing work discovering lost art treasures, he's also published a book called The Invention Of British Art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this History of Western Prints (HoP) episode, Tru and I begin to explore the life and work of William Hogarth, the first British artist featured on Platemark's HoP series. Hogarth, renowned as the father of Western sequential art, is discussed through detailed analyses of three of his best known series: A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress, and Marriage A-la-Mode. The episode delves into 18th-century London's morality, capturing the societal and artistic context of Hogarth's work. Highlights include discussions on the intricacies of Hogarth's prints, his depiction of social issues, the impact of his work on English law (copyright laws finally established!), and his mixed successes in various art forms. This first of two episodes on Hogarth sets the stage for part two when we look at his images around elections in Enlightenment England. Harlot's Progress video from Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. https://youtu.be/VPQze0EbpdQ  Harlot's Progress video from Reading the Past. https://youtu.be/u1rtBD0qvPY?si=DkVatOJ5-vEyrIqF  Beer Street and Gin Lane video from Reading the Past. https://youtu.be/A3-Je-lSKrE?si=C9igJSDSvYVyRabY Platemark website Sign-up for Platemark emails Leave a 5-star review Support the show Get your Platemark merch Check out Platemark on Instagram Join our Platemark group on Facebook   After Anton von Maron (Austrian, 1733–1808). Johann Winkelmann, after 1768. Engraving. After Allan Ramsay (British, 1713–1784). Portrait of William Hunter, 1760. Engraving. Wellcome Collection. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). The Painter and his Pug, 1745. Oil on canvas. 35.4 x 27.5 cm. Tate Britain, London. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779). Saying Grace, c. 1740. Oil on canvas. 49.5 × 38.5 cm. (19.5 in × 15.2 in.). Louvre, Paris. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805). The Village Bride, 1761. Oil on canvas. 92 x 117 cm. Louvre, Paris. The Banqueting House, London. Saint Paul's Church, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Self-Portrait, c. 1735. Oil on canvas. 21 1/2 x 20 in. (54.6 x 50.8 cm.). Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). An Emblematic Print on the South Sea, late 18th century. Engraving and Etching. Plate: 10 13/16 x 13 3/8 in. (27.4 x 33.9 cm.); sheet: 11 5/16 x 14 in. (28.7 x 35.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, Plate 1, 1732 or before. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 1/8 in. (31.3 x 38.4 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Chart identifying elements in Harlot's Progress Plate 1. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, Plate 2, 1732 or before. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 12 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (31.4 x 37.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, Plate 3, 1732 or before. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 12 11/16 x 15 3/8 in. (32.2 x 39 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, Plate 4, 1732 or before. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 13 1/8 x 15 3/16 in. (33.3 x 40.4 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, Plate 5, 1732 or before. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 13 3/8 x 16 3/16 in. (34 x 41.1 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Harlot's Progress, Plate 6, 1732 or before. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 12 1/2 x 15 3/16 in. (31.7 x 38.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 1, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 13/16 x 19 1/16 in. (40.2 x 48.4 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (French, Paris 1698–after 1755), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 2, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 14 3/16 x 16 1/4 in. (36 x 41.3 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 3, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 13 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (35.2 x 40.4 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 4, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 14 3/16 x 16 1/4 in. (36.1 x 41.3 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 5, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 5/8 x 18 13/16 in. (39.7 x 47.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 6, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 14 x 16 in. (35.5 x 40.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 7, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (39.7 x 47.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, Plate 8, 1735. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 9/16 x 18 13/16 in. (39.6 x 47.8 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). A Rake's Progress, 1735. Eight oil on canvas paintings. Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Louis-François Roubiliac (French, 1702–1762). William Hogarth, c. 1741. Terracotta bust. Overall: 28 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (72.4 x 45.2 cm.). National Portrait Gallery, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: 1, The Marriage Settlement, c. 1743. Oil on canvas. 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête-à-Tête, c. 1743. Oil on canvas. 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: 3, The Inspection, c. 1743. Oil on canvas. 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette, c. 1743. Oil on canvas. 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: 5, The Bagnio, c. 1743. Oil on canvas. 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: 6, The Lady's Death, c. 1743. Oil on canvas. 66.9 x 90.8 cm. The National Gallery, London. Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (French, 1698–after 1755), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: Plate 1, 1745. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 3/16 x 18 5/16 in. (38.5 x 46.5 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bernard Baron (French, 1969–1762), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: Plate 2, 1745. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 1/16 x 18 1/4 in. (38.3 x 46.3 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bernard Baron (French, 1969–1762), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: Plate 3, 1745. Etching and engraving. Plate: 15 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (39 x 47 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, 1706–1774), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: Plate 4, 1745. Etching and engraving. Plate: 15 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (38.7 x 47 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, 1706–1774), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: Plate 5, 1745. Etching and engraving. Plate: 15 1/4 x 18 7/16 in. (38.8 x 46.9 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder (French, 1706–1774), after William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Marriage A-la-Mode: Plate 6, 1745. Engraving. Plate: 15 3/16 x 18 3/8 in. (38.6 x 46.7 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Beer Street, 1751. Engraving. Sheet: 15 1/8 x 12 11/16 in. (38.4 x 32.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764). Gin Lane, 1751. Etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 1/16 x 12 1/2 in. (38.3 x 31.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Episode No. 675 is a holiday weekend clips episode featuring artist Ken Gonzales-Day.  The Yale Center for British Art is presenting "Ken Gonzales-Day: Composition in Black and Brown" a two-part public art project informed by Gonzales-Day's investigation of YCBA's collections. Both works, a billboard along Interstate 95 in West Haven, Conn., and a site-specific vinyl work on the museum, feature Gonzales-Day's interrogations of historical constructions of race and the limits of representation. The billboard is on view into October 2024; the work at YCBA is on view until December 2024.  Gonzales-Day's work considers the historical construction of race and the limits of representational systems, such as photographs of lynchings and museum displays. His book “Lynching in the West: 1850-1935” expanded our understanding of racialized violence in the United States through the discovery of photographs of lynchings of Latinos, Native Americans, Asians and African-Americans in California. His work has been the subject of solo or two-person exhibitions at museums such as the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. This episode was taped in 2021 on the occasion of Gonzales-Day's inclusion in at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. For images, see Episode No. 498. 

J. Edgar Hoover, the former head of the FBI, sensationally suggested that Prince Philip might have been “involved” with the two women central to the Profumo sex scandal.Princess Eugenie recently displayed her playful sense of humor during a conversation with British artist Jake Grewal as part of the "artists in conversation" series for the Yale Center for British Art.Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed! Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories' with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show! We now have Merch!  FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there's free shipping? Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media 

This week on the Anglotopia podcast, we take a break from the guests and answer listener questions. In this episode of the Anglotopia podcast, Jonathan and Jackie answer questions about Britain from their listeners. They discuss topics such as when to visit England, how to spend a layover in London, and the must-see attractions in the city. They also share their personal experiences and recommendations for exploring London, including visiting Hyde Park, the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, and Covent Garden. They provide tips on transportation, booking in advance, and making the most of a limited time in the city. Moving to the UK as an American requires hiring a good immigration lawyer, as it is a complicated process. The easiest way to move to the UK is to marry a British citizen, but this is not a recommendation. Other options include getting a work visa for an in-demand job or going as a student. It is important to plan ahead and book attractions in advance, as well as budget for the trip. The best time to visit London is in the autumn, as it is less crowded and the weather is pleasant. Winter travel can also be enjoyable, but be prepared for damp cold. Links Where Did Anglotopia Come From Spitalfields Life The Gentle Author's Tours An American Student Abroad Column on Anglotopia 101 Free Things To Do in London UK Visas and Immigration Takeaways England is open for travel, but visitors from different countries may have different entry requirements. When planning a layover in London, consider the duration and location of the layover, and make sure to account for travel time to and from the airport. Popular attractions in London include Hyde Park, the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, and Covent Garden. It is important to book in advance for attractions, restaurants, and transportation to make the most of a limited time in the city. Consider using public transportation, such as the Heathrow Express or the Elizabeth Line, to get around London. Take advantage of services like left luggage at the airport or bookstores that offer shipping to avoid carrying heavy bags during a layover. Explore different neighborhoods and try iconic experiences, such as afternoon tea or visiting historic hotels, to get a well-rounded London experience. Consider taking guided tours or exploring lesser-known areas to discover hidden gems in the city. Moving to the UK as an American requires hiring an immigration lawyer and is a complicated process. The easiest way to move to the UK is to marry a British citizen, but this is not recommended. Other options include getting a work visa for an in-demand job or going as a student. It is important to plan ahead and book attractions in advance, as well as budget for the trip. The best time to visit London is in the autumn, as it is less crowded and the weather is pleasant. Winter travel can also be enjoyable, but be prepared for damp cold. Sound Bites "If you want to go to England, set your mind to it and start ticking off the things you need to make it happen." "The best way to spend a layover in London is to explore Hyde Park, visit the National Gallery, and take a walk from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament." "When on a layover in London, it's important to get rid of your bags first and consider using left luggage services at the airport." "You hire a really good immigration lawyer" "The easiest way for an American to move to the UK is to marry a Brit" "Another option is to go as a student" Chapters 00:00 Layovers in London 03:21 Planning a Trip to the UK 15:11 Visiting Fortnum and Mason and Oxford Street 19:53 Communing with British Art at the National Gallery 22:05 Taking a Ride on the London Eye 25:38 Tips for Moving to the UK 42:14 Budgeting for a Trip to London 52:19 The Best Time to Visit London: Seasons and Weather

Host Jackie Bird is joined by curator Antonia Laurence-Allan and historian Sally Tuckett to discuss all things 18th-century fashion. Recorded inside the Georgian House, just days before the exhibition Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion opened its doors, the trio talk about the artist Allan Ramsay and the women behind the paintings. What was life like for someone at the centre of the Scottish Enlightenment? Who were his patrons? And what do his paintings tell us about the role of fashion among the Georgian movers and shakers? To enjoy more episodes of Love Scotland, please follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.  For more information on the Georgian House, click here. Or click here for more on the 2024 exhibition.  We would like to thank those who have supported the Ramsay and Edinburgh Fashion exhibition, including The American Friends of British Art, NTS Foundation USA, The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh NTS Members' Centre, and donors in memory of the Duchess of Buccleuch.

We talk about the vandalism of King Charlese's painting and a bit on gay pride. It all just turns into a big therapy session for us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-gooder-guys/message

In this special episode, EMPIRE LINES returns to Ingrid Pollard's 2022 exhibition, Carbon Slowly Turning, the first major survey of her career photographing Black experiences beyond the city and urban environments, in the English countryside. It marks the artist's participation in Invasion Ecology, a season of contemporary land art across South West England in summer 2024, questioning what we mean by ‘native' and what it means to belong. Since the 1980s, artist Ingrid Pollard has explored how Black and British identities are socially constructed, often through historical representations of the rural landscape. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Ingrid draws on English and Caribbean photographic archives, with works crossing the borders of printmaking, sculpture, audio, and video installations. Their practice confronts complex colonial histories, and their legacies in our contemporary lived experiences, especially concerning race, sexuality, and identity. Curated by the artist and Gilane Tawadros, Carbon Slowly Turning led to Pollard's shortlisting for the Turner Prize 2022. From its iteration at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Ingrid exposes the pre-Windrush propaganda films beneath works like Bow Down and Very Low -123 (2021), her plural influences from Maya Angelou to Muhammad Ali, and playing on popular culture with works in the Self Evident series (1992). As a Stuart Hall Associate Fellow at the University of Sussex, and with a PhD-by-publication, the artist discusses the role of research in her media-based practice. Finally, Ingrid opens her archive of depictions of African figures 'hidden in plain sight' in English towns and villages - from classical portraiture, to ‘Black Boy' pub signs. Ingrid Pollard: Carbon Slowly Turning ran at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, the Turner Contemporary in Margate, and Tate Liverpool, throughout 2022. The exhibition was supported by the Freelands Foundation and Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, and the episode first released as part of EMPIRE LINES at 50. Invasion Ecology is co-curated by Jelena Sofronijevic for Radical Ecology, and Vashti Cassinelli at Southcombe Barn, an arts space and gardens on Dartmoor. The central group exhibition, featuring Ingrid Pollard, Iman Datoo, Hanna Tuulikki, Ashish Ghadiali, Fern Leigh Albert, and Ashanti Hare, runs from 1 June to 10 August 2024. The wider programme includes anti-colonial talks and workshops with exhibiting artists, writers, researchers, and gardeners, reimagining more empathic connections between humans, plants, animals, and landscapes. Ingrid will join EMPIRE LINES in conversation with Corinne Fowler, Professor of Colonialism and Heritage in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, Director of Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted, and author of Our Island Stories: Country Walks through Colonial Britain (2024), in July 2024. For more information, follow Radical Ecology and Southcombe Barn on social media. You can also listen to the EMPIRE LINES x Invasion Ecology Spotify playlist, for episodes with Paul Gilroy, Lubaina Himid, Johny Pitts, and Imani Jacqueline Brown, plus partners from the University of Exeter, KARST, CAST, and the Eden Project in Cornwall. Ingrid Pollard's Three Drops of Blood (2022), commissioned by talking on corners (Dr Ella S. Mills and Lorna Rose), also explores representations of ferns, botany, and folk traditions in Devon's historic lace-making industry. First exhibited at Thelma Hubert Gallery in Honiton, it is now part of the permanent collection of The Box in Plymouth, where it will be displayed from 19 October 2024. SOUNDS: no title, Ashish Ghadiali (2024). PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast And Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

Hot on the heels of Women in Revolt!, Tate Britain is hosting another huge exhibition dedicated to professional women artists, spanning 400 years from the early 16th Century. Now You See Us: Women Artists in Great Britain, 1520-1920 puts paid to the notion that women couldn't make a living from art, and only ever pursued it as a cute leisure activity. Jen caught up with Tabitha Barber, Tate Britain's Curator of British Art, 1550-1750, to talk about what women artists were up to, why misconceptions around them exist and why art is *sort of* like football when it comes to ideas about the sexes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes Arnason, H. H. (2014). History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography (7th ed.). Pearson. - [https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Arnason-History-of-Modern-Art-Vol-1-Paperback-Plus-MySearchLab-with-eText-Package-7th-Edition/PGM270428.html](https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Arnason-History-of-Modern-Art-Vol-1-Paperback-Plus-MySearchLab-with-eText-Package-7th-Edition/PGM270428.html) - - Celant, Germano. (1997). Damien Hirst. Fondazione Prada. - URL: [https://www.fondazioneprada.org/prodotto/damien-hirst/](https://www.fondazioneprada.org/prodotto/damien-hirst/) Gagosian Gallery. (2006). Damien Hirst: A Thousand Years. Gagosian Gallery. URL: https://gagosian.com/shop/books/2006-damien-hirst-a-thousand-years/ Hirst, Damien. (1992). I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. Thames & Hudson. URL: https://thamesandhudson.com/i-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-everywhere-with-everyone-one-to-one-always-forever-now-9780500276600 Hirst, Damien. (1997). Damien Hirst: I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. Booth-Clibborn Editions. URL: https://www.booth-clibborn.com/product/damien-hirst-i-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-everywhere-with-everyone-one-to-one-always-forever-now/ Schama, Simon. (1997). Dead Right: The Great Adventure of Damien Hirst. The New Yorker, 73(26), 46-55. URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/09/22/dead-right Livingstone, Marco. (2000). Damien Hirst. Tate Publishing. URL: https://shop.tate.org.uk/damien-hirst/15967.html Heartney, Eleanor. (2004). Damien Hirst. Taschen. URL: https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/45308/facts.damien_hirst.htm Smith, Karen. (2012). Who's afraid of Damien Hirst? Visual Culture in Britain, 13(3), 359-383. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14714787.2012.707529 Stallabrass, Julian. (1999). High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s. Verso. URL: https://www.versobooks.com/books/498-high-art-lite Bishop, Claire. (2006). The Social Turn: Collaboration and Its Discontents. Artforum International, 44(6), 178-183. URL: https://www.artforum.com/print/200604/the-social-turn-collaboration-and-its-discontents-12309 Hirst, Damien. (1993). Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away. Boxtree. URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/566545.Some_Went_Mad_Some_Ran_Away Graham-Dixon, Andrew. (2001). Damien Hirst. Harry N. Abrams. URL: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/116562/damien-hirst-by-andrew-graham-dixon/ Jones, Jonathan. (2001). Damien Hirst: On the Way to Work. Faber & Faber. URL: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571219112-damien-hirst.html Gompertz, Will. (2015). What Are You Looking At? The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art. Plume. URL: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/308087/what-are-you-looking-at-by-will-gompertz/ Ferguson, Russell. (1996). The Young British Artists. Thames & Hudson. URL: https://www.thamesandhudson.com/the-young-british-artists-0-500-28039-1 Kent, Sarah. (1999). Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade. Booth-Clibborn Editions. URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5464349-young-british-art Kent, Sarah. (2001). Shark-Infested Waters: The Saatchi Collection of British Art in the 90s. Thames & Hudson. URL: https://www.thamesandhudson.com/shark-infested-waters-9780500282328 Barber, Fionna. (1999). The Art of Medicine. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 319(7223), 1580. URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117243/ Gompertz, Will. (1997). The Other Hirst. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/1997/sep/16/arts.highereducation Schama, Simon. (1997). Dead Right: The Great Adventure of Damien Hirst. The New Yorker, 73(26), 46-55. URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/09/22/dead-right Walker, John A. (2000). Art in the Age of Mass Media. Pluto Press. URL: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745316422/art-in-the-age-of-mass-media/ Curtis, Penelope. (2001). Sculpture 1900-1945. Oxford University Press. URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/sculpture-9780192842057?cc=us&lang=en& Dorment, Richard. (2012). Damien Hirst: Why the artist is more important than the art. The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/9572193/Damien-Hirst-Why-the-artist-is-more-important-than-the-art.html King, Elliott H. (2008). Damien Hirst and the Death of Art. New England Review, 29(3), 139-144. URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30042283 Mullins, Edwin. (2006). The Painted Word: British Conceptualism 1964-1989. Ridinghouse. URL: https://www.ridinghouse.co.uk/publications/44/ Knight, Christopher. (1999). For Art's Sake: An Open Letter to Charles Saatchi. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-20-ca-48476-story.html Wullschlager, Jackie. (2009). The Stuckists: punk art rebels. Financial Times. Retrieved from https://www.ft.com/content/0c413354-9299-11de-aed2-00144feabdc0 Morris, Catherine. (2003). Strange Pilgrimages: Damien Hirst's “End of an Era” and the Production of British Art History. Oxford Art Journal, 26(1), 35–52. URL: https://academic.oup.com/oaj/article/26/1/35/1346697 Molloy, Sean. (2008). Hirst's animal art under investigation. The Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/hirsts-animal-art-under-investigation-771465.html Cohen, Patricia. (2009). Art Review: Death Be Not Proud? The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/arts/design/01hirst.html Gleadell, Colin. (2010). Damien Hirst: What's the Big Idea? The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/7626885/Damien-Hirst-whats-the-big-idea.html Dorment, Richard. (2008). Damien Hirst: This artist's a sensation, but is he a great artist? The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3673577/Damien-Hirst-This-artists-a-sensation-but-is-he-a-great-artist.html Chilvers, Ian, and Glaves-Smith, John. (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-dictionary-of-modern-and-contemporary-art-9780199239658?cc=us&lang=en& Robertson, Jean. (2006). The Art Business. Routledge. URL: https://www.routledge.com/The-Art-Business/Robertson/p/book/9780415364796 Find out more at https://three-minute-modernist.pinecast.co

In this episode of It's A Bonny Old Life, Bonny looks back on the events of March. Bonny shares how the month was kicked off with the amazing event that is her Great British Art Party which, this time, was held up in Edinburgh at a beautiful hotel. She also talks about heading back to Norway for a cruise holiday, getting to see the northern lights, go husky sledging and having the unfortunate experience of seasickness! All before arriving home to the arrival of a new sauna that she can't use, starting a new hobby and starting a new commission drawing. It's all in this episode! To keep up with Bonny's coloured pencil life, make sure you're following her on social media. You can find her on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok. You can also sign up to her weekly newsletter for regular tips and inspiration here.

In s3e53 of Platemark, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig conclude their conversation with Carol Wax, artist and author of The Mezzotint: History and Technique. Carol recently published the second edition of The Mezzotint, expanding greatly in every area from the 1990 first edition. As she tells us, there is a better break down of rocking the copper plates, and of inking and printing them, plus there are new chapters about printing papers and the history of the medium and how it fits in the greater history of prints. They talk about the early history of mezzotint, whether one can over rock a plate, what happens when you do, and about Carol's dislike of perspectival composition, all the machines and their personalities, and her dogs Cecil, the Weimaraner, and Delia, the new dog in her life. The conversation ran long, so the episode is split into two parts. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Singer I, 1984. Mezzotint. 11 ½ x 8 in. Courtesy of the artist. This was a beautiful tensile piece of copper (ground exact same way as Singer II, but totally different experience and different result). Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Singer II, 1985. Mezzotint. 14 ½ x 7 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. This was a brittle copper – two of several state proofs illustrating process of solving technical problem and the finished state. This process led directly to historical research that resulted in my writing The Mezzotint: History and Technique. John Martin (British, 1789–1854). Belshazzar's Feast, 1826. Mezzotint. Plate: 23 ½ x 32 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Martin's large plate was printed with up to eight different inks to enhance the tonal range and compensate for the peculiarities of mezzotints engraved on steel. Richard Earlom (British, 1743–1822), after Frans Snyder (Flemish, 1579–1657). A Game Market, 1783. Mezzotint and etching. Plate: 16 ½ x 22 ¾ in. New York Public Library, New York. Richard Earlom (British, 1743–1822), after Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682–1749). A Flower Piece, 1778. Etching (early state before mezzotint). Plate: 558 x 420 mm. (21 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.). Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. [Right] Richard Earlom (British, 1743–1822), after Jan van Huysum (Dutch, 1682–1749). A Flower Piece, 1778. Mezzotint and etching. Plate: 558 x 420 mm. (21 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. J.M.W. Turner (British, 1775–1851) and Charles Turner (British, 1774–1857). Scene from the French Coast (Liber Studiorum, plate 4), 1807. Etching and mezzotint. Plate: 20.9 x 29.1 cm. (8 ¼ x 11 7/16 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. [DETAIL] J.M.W. Turner (British, 1775–1851) and Charles Turner (British, 1774–1857). Scene from the French Coast (Liber Studiorum, plate 4), 1807. Etching and mezzotint. Plate: 20.9 x 29.1 cm. (8 ¼ x 11 7/16 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Thomas Goff Lupton (British, 1791–1873), after Thomas Girtin (British, 1775–1802). Chelsea Reach, Looking toward Battersea, from the series Gems of Art, 1825. Mezzotint and engraving. Sheet: 260 x 341 mm. (10 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.); plate: 168 x 252 mm. (6 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). The Old Clothesline, 1983. Mezzotint. 11 x 11 in. Courtesy of the artist. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Fanfare, 1983. Mezzotint. 16 x 11 in. Courtesy of the artist. This was the first image I did with a mechanical subject and the first time I subtracted so much of the background. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Singer I, 1984. Mezzotint. 11 ½ x 8 in. Courtesy of the artist. This was a beautiful tensile piece of copper (ground exact same way as Singer II, but totally different experience and different result). Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Under Wraps, 2008. Mezzotint. 16 x 20 in. Courtesy of the artist. One of many images of animate/inanimate objects. This series turns the table and uses fabric to objectify a living subject. This project is also an example of how different grounds can be used creatively: the plate was ground with an 85-gauge rocker, but the dog parts were scraped down and reground with a 120-gauge roulette to differentiate textures between fabric and fur. The whiskers were engraved with a burin. Carol's wall of inspiration. [Left] Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Remington Noiseless, 1986. Mezzotint. 20 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Remington Noiseless illustrates stylized shadows before working for Philip Pearlstein. [Right] Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Remington Return, 1993. Mezzotint. 18 ½ x 24 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist. Reflects Pearlstein's influence as well as more sophisticated technique and confidence acquired while writing the book. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Glad Tidings, 1993. Two relief intaglio holiday cards. Each: 3 x 2 9/10 in. Courtesy of the artist. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Missing Peace, 2001. Relief intaglio. 5 x 1 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Fortune's Fool, 2020. Gouache. 8 ¼ x 9 1/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist. This clown puppet represents Trump, seen here being devoured for lunch by the Chinese, and while he thinks he's sticking it to their butt (the pencil sharpener from Chinatown), he's only sharpening their strategies. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Butterfly Effect, 2018. Gouache. 22 x 14 in. Courtesy of the artist. The pulley is a commentary on our convoluted election system that is subject to all kinds of whims. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Rigged, 2018. Gouache. 20 x 24 in. Courtesy of the artist. This image is about how the system is rigged. Carol Wax (American, born 1953). Underhanded, 2020. Gouache. 21 x 14 in. Courtesy of the artist. This image is about a few things (manipulation, power, etc.), but think “George Floyd.” The political undertones of my paintings have found their way into recent mezzotints. Frederick Mershimer (American, born 1958). Various states of The Great Divide/42nd Street, 1994–97. Mezzotint. Mershimer is a master at making corrections/changes–the likes of which have not been seen since the 17th century. Here is a prime example where he seamlessly changed the focus of a print by removing and moving figures and reissued the plate with a [deservedly] different title.   USEFUL LINKS Carol's website https://www.carolwax.com/ Jennifer Melby's link https://www.jennifermelby.com/ Conrad Graeber's link https://conradgraeber.com/  

Journalist Danielle Radojcin visits British artist David Remfry in his studio, where he reflects on his life as an artist - from 60s London (Francis Bacon was a neighbour), to 20 years spent living in the Chelsea Hotel to a triumph at the Royal Academy  - and the famous people who have sat for him along the way. Born in Worthing in the 50s and raised in the northern industrial town of Hull, Remfry studied art and moved to London in the 60s, holding his first solo exhibition there in 1973. A life-threatening illness and a chance encounter with an American gallerist propelled him to fame in Los Angeles in 1980, when an exhibition of his work there sold out immediately.   He became known for his large scale watercolour landscapes and portraits, and in particular for his ongoing series of people dancing. His portraits of the fashion designer Jean Muir and the actor John Gielgud are held at the National Portrait Gallery, as well as which he has work in the permanent collections at the V&A and RA. Over the years he has enjoyed a strong connection with the USA – he spent 20 years in New York, where he lived in the storied Chelsea Hotel, often asking his neighbours, who included Quentin Crisp and Ethan Hawke, to sit for him. In 2001 he was  awarded an MBE for services to British Art in America.In 2006 he was elected a Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, and last summer he was celebrated for his enthusiastic curation of the Summer Exhibition, in which he was determined to give a voice to under-represented talent. He's also known for painting the interior of the famous tea salon at Fortnum & Mason, and a fashion campaign he drew for the fashion designer Stella McCartney.In spite of his achievements, however, he vows he'll never be part of the establishment and continues to draw - and dance - every day. In 2025 there will be a retrospective of his work in Beverely, Yorkshire. https://paulineboty.org/Gazelli Art Housemonomediafilms.london

In this episode of It's A Bonny Old Life, Bonny looks back on the events of November. Bonny shares some of the drawings she has been working on this month, including a new tutorial for her Ignite members and explains how this month she has changed the formatting of her tutorials to help provide more options for her students. She also shares some of the exciting tutorials she has planned for the new year. She also talks all about the biggest event of November, her Great British Art Party! She discusses how she came up with idea, all the planning that went into the event, and the wonderful experience she had on the day, as well as sharing some exciting news about the next one! To keep up with Bonny's coloured pencil life, make sure you're following her on social media. You can find her on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok. You can also sign up to her weekly newsletter for regular tips and inspiration here.

Curator Hammad Nasar expands ideas of miniature painting, moving around South Asia and Western Europe from the 17th century to now, with Nusra Latif Qureshi's 2009 digital print scroll, Did You Come Here To Find History? Beyond the Page, a touring exhibition of South Asian miniatures, is truly historic and historical. At its core are more than 180 detailed, small-scale works on paper, dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, the time when the Mughal Empire ruled over much of South Asia. But these miniature paintings are borrowed not from contemporary India or Pakistan, but the British Museum in London, the Tate and V&A, and the Royal Collection. So how did this wealth of South Asian miniature paintings come to be held (and hidden away) in Britain's greatest collections – and what does it mean for this sheer quantity to be here now? Hammad Nasar, one of the exhibition's curators, puts these works in conversation with those by leading contemporary artists from South Asia and its diasporas, including Hamra Abbas, Imran Qureshi, Shahzia Sikander, Khadim Ali, and Ali Kazim. We consider their practice across media, highlighting the different forms in which miniature practice lives and lives on, whether in sculpture, film, or architectural installations. Travelling along Nusra Latif Qureshi's digital-printed scroll, we unpick the layers of portraits, from contemporary passport photographs, to traditional portraits from Venice and Mughal India. With a miniature painting of Saint Rabia, the first female saint in Sufi Islam, Hammad also highlights how women and the body have been represented in Islamic cultures, pluralising perspectives on the past. Connecting Britain and South Asia, we consider the foundation of the world-renowned Miniature Department of the National College of Art in Lahore, Pakistan, and how artists have long engaged with a range of non-Western/European media, including Japanese woodblock prints. Hammad defies the marginalisation of miniatures – due to their size, and ‘non-conventional' means of distribution and display – suggesting that art markets and institutions must ‘grow up' in their appreciation of the media. We also trace migrations and two-way flows, how courtly and Company paintings influenced well-known Dutch Masters like Rembrandt, to Anwar Jalal Shemza, a multidisciplinary artist of modernist and abstract works. Plus, Hammad talks about the ‘empire-shaped hole' in British history, and why it is important that we share uncomfortable histories like the legacy of the East India Company to challenge the displacement of empire, as something that happened over there and then. ‍Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now runs at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes until 28 January 2024, then The Box in Plymouth in 2024. For more, you can read my article in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/small-and-mighty-south-asian-miniature-painting-and-britain-1600-to-now-at-mk-gallery. Part of JOURNEYS, a series of episodes leading to EMPIRE LINES 100. WITH: Hammad Nasar, curator, writer and researcher. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, where he co-leads the London, Asia Programme, and co-curator of the British Art Show 9 (2020–2022). He is the co-curator of Beyond the Page, an exhibition supported by the Bagri Foundation. ART: ‘Did You Come Here To Find History?, Nusra Latif Qureshi (2009)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast And Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

Curators Jake Subryan Richards and Vicky Avery locate Cambridge within the transatlantic slave trade, connecting global commodities and local consumption, historic and contemporary art, to reveal how five hundred years of colonial resistance constructed new cultures, known as the Black Atlantic. Between 1400 and 1900, European empires colonised much of the Americas, transporting over 12.5 million people to these colonies from Africa as slaves. It's a history often recounted as something singular, concluded in the past - detached as happening ‘then, and over there' - else told from the perspective of imperial powers. But in their resistance of colonial slavery, people also produced new cultures that continue to shape our present. Black Atlantic, a new exhibition at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum, reconnects the institution's collection, university, and city more widely with these global histories. Installed within the Founder's Galleries, part-funded by the profits from the transatlantic slave trade, it builds on the ‘grandeur and smugness' of the Fitzwilliam's architecture - an intervention which asks whether it is possible to decolonise museums, as imperial infrastructures. Co-curators Jake Subryan Richards and Vicky Avery consider contrasts and continuities between historic and modern works, with contemporary Black artists like Barbara Walker and Keith Piper, Alberta Whittle and Donald Locke commenting on visibility, racism, and colourism, and how visual representations of Black people have shifted over time. Vicky smashes stereotypes about abolitionism, ceramics, and popular culture, from the UK's largest pro-slavery punch bowl, to Jacqueline Bishop's new Wedgwood dinner set. Plus, with a botanical painting from a Caribbean plantation - one of the first signed works by a Black artist of a Black subject - we travel between environments in West Africa, North and South America, and Europe, finding examples of exploitation, agency, and self-liberation - and pathways to future ‘repair'. Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance runs at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge until 7 January 2024, the first in a series of exhibitions and gallery interventions planned until 2026. For more on the South Sea Bubble, listen to Dr. Helen Paul on ⁠The Luxborough Gallery on Fire (c. 18th Century)⁠: ⁠https://pod.link/1533637675/episode/c02b6b82097b9ce34d193c771f772152 Part of EMPIRE LINES at 90, exploring the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade through contemporary art. WITH: Dr. Jake Subryan Richards, Assistant Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Victoria Avery, Keeper of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum. They are co-curators of Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance. ART: ‘The Coloureds' Codex, Keith Piper (2023); Vanishing Point 25 (Costanzi), Barbara Walker (2021); Breadfruit Tree, John Tyley (1793-1800); History of the Dinner Table, Jacqueline Bishop (2021)'. IMAGE: Installation View. SOUNDS: Jacqueline Bishop: History at the Dinner Table. Produced by Storya.co. With special thanks to the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 And Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

There's a Lot to Say, Beyond the Black Rainbow, 65, Hypnotic, The Spine of Night, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Wednesday, Ahsoka, Secret Invasion, Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art, TMZ, Quest for the Legendary Bronze Key of Bog, Russell Square Gardens Picnic, Diabetes Prevention Course, COVID-19, Death Threat, Michael Parkinson, Kevin Mitnick, I Hoped You Survived

There's a Lot to Say, Beyond the Black Rainbow, 65, Hypnotic, The Spine of Night, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Wednesday, Ahsoka, Secret Invasion, Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art, TMZ, Quest for the Legendary Bronze Key of Bog, Russell Square Gardens Picnic, Diabetes Prevention Course, COVID-19, Death Threat, Michael Parkinson, Kevin Mitnick, I Hoped You Survived

We meet renowned British painter and artist David Remfry MBE RA RWS, to discuss curating/coordinating this year's RA Summer Exhibition, working with watercolour, more than 5 decades of art making, and what it was like to live in New York's iconic Hotel Chelsea for 20 years!!!Remfry's Summer Exhibition 2023 explores the theme Only Connect, taken from the famous quote in Howards End by E.M. Forster. Among the 1,614 featured works you will find towering sculptures by the late Phyllida Barlow RA, Richard Malone's dramatic mobile installation in the Wohl Central Hall, and a witty painting by comedian Joe Lycett. Plus pieces by Tracey Emin RA, Hew Locke RA, Barbara Walker RA, Gavin Turk, Lindsey Mendick, Caroline Walker and much, much more.Remfry was born in Worthing, UK, in 1942. His family moved to Hull and he studied Art and Printmaking at the Hull College of Art. He currently lives and works in London. Early solo exhibitions include Ferens Art Gallery, Hull in 1974 and Folkestone Art Gallery, Kent in 1976. Since 1973 he has exhibited regularly at galleries and museums across the UK, Europe and the USA. He is perhaps best known for his large-scale watercolours of dancers; his series of drawings and watercolours of his neighbours and friends at the Hotel Chelsea New York City where he lived from 1995-2016, and his commission by designer Stella McCartney to produce a series of drawings for the launch of her fashion house and for Absolut Vodka.Over the past five decades his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; and the DeLand Museum of Art, Florida. In 2014 he was commissioned by Fortnum & Mason, London, to create a series of watercolours which is now on permanent display in Piccadilly, and he was commissioned to paint Sir John Gielgud for the National Portrait Gallery, London, which also acquired for their collection his portrait of Jean Muir.Remfry was elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1987. In 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to British Art in America, in 2006 he was elected a Member of the Royal Academy of Arts and, in 2007, he was invited to receive Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Lincoln. He was awarded the Hugh Casson Drawing Prize at the 2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and, in 2016, was appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy Schools.His work is included in museum permanent collections including the Bass Museum of Art, Florida; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida; the British Museum, London; the Contemporary Art Society, London; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; MIMA, Middlesborough; the National Portrait Gallery, London; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; the Royal Watercolour Society, London; and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.A retrospective of Remfry's work, curated by Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker, is planned for 2025 at Beverley Art Gallery, East Riding.Follow @David_Remfry_RA on InstagramVisit his official website: www.davidremfry.com/Visit the RA Summer Exhibition until 20th August 2023: www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/summer-exhibition-2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023) by Dr. Tom Young illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire. This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices—the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees—reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon—highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined ‘Britishness' across the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023) by Dr. Tom Young illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire. This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices—the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees—reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon—highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined ‘Britishness' across the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023) by Dr. Tom Young illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire. This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices—the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees—reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon—highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined ‘Britishness' across the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023) by Dr. Tom Young illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire. This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices—the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees—reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon—highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined ‘Britishness' across the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023) by Dr. Tom Young illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire. This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices—the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees—reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon—highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined ‘Britishness' across the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023) by Dr. Tom Young illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire. This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices—the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees—reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon—highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined ‘Britishness' across the world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

WELCOME BACK TO SEASON 9 of The GWA PODCAST! This week, we interview one of the most influential and groundbreaking artists alive, SONIA BOYCE! Born and raised in London, where she still lives today, Boyce has been taking the art world by storm since the 1980s when she and other trailblazing artists – such as Lubaina Himid and Claudette Johnston – emerged collectively onto the art scene as the Black Arts Movement. Putting images of women and their stories centre stage, they exhibited in shows such as Five Black Women in 1983 at the Africa Centre, Thin Black Line at the ICA in 1985, and The Other Story at the Hayward in 1989.  Since then, Boyce's indefatigable practice – spanning drawing, printmaking, photography, installation, video and sound – has constantly evolved, focusing on collaboration, often with an emphasis on improvisation as she works with other artists to create immersive installation environments. Taking on a broader ethos of "collage" and what it means today – both literally and metaphorically – Boyce's practice has brought together a multitude of people, places and perspectives to provoke invaluable conversations about the world we live in today. Often involving sound pieces, when I find myself amongst one of Boyce's works, it becomes easy to lose oneself inside this very special, unusual but gripping world.  Since 2014 Boyce has been a professor of Black Art and Design, at the University of Arts London. In 2016, she was made a Royal Academician, in 2019 received an OBE for her services to art, and of course in 2022 became the winner of the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale, which she won for Feeling her Way – an immersive exhibition filled with bejewelled wallpaper and improvisatory song by women musicians – which is currently on view at Turner Contemporary in Margate before travelling to Leeds and later the Yale Centre for British Art.  https://turnercontemporary.org/bio/sonia-boyce/ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sonia-boyce-obe-794  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/19/hylas-nymphs-manchester-art-gallery-sonia-boyce-interview  https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/sonia-boyce-ra-magazine-venice-biennale  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/arts/design/sonia-boyce-venice-biennale.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001f0q7/imagine-2022-sonia-boyce-finding-her-voice  Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Research assistant: Viva Ruggi Sound editing by Mikaela Carmichael  Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OCULA: https://ocula.com/

Frank interviews Martin Kemp, British art historian and exhibition curator who is one of the world's leading authorities on the life and works of Leonardo Da Vinci, and Author and Emeritus Professor at Oxford University about if Leonardo Da Vinci the son of a slave.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GM Host: Steve di Costanzo Dr. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye the director of the Housatonic Museum of Art will talk about their Spring series lecture. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye most recently served as a consultant at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and as an Art History lecturer at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut. She held previous positions at a variety of museums and organizations, including the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Southern California, and participated in the Getty Leadership Institute NextGen program, among others.

We meet painter KATY MORAN to discuss More Me, the artist's first presentation in Australia to date, showcasing her signature style of painting that defies and dispels traditional genres of landscape, portraiture or still life, instead, existing as free, gestural explorations of colour and line. Moran's practice hovers in a productive space between figuration and abstraction. She paints over canvases found in flea markets and charity shops, blurring the found images beneath her layers of paint, evoking a deliberate sense of nostalgia and longing, as if unravelling a distant memory.Katy Moran's paintings reflect a responsive working process: shifting or rotating the canvas while painting, reworking textures, and reconsidering the shapes and figures that emerge. With this approach to painting along with the inclusion of collage, often partially obscured, her work conveys a deliberate tension between materiality and subject. Moran creates a dynamic push and pull between the addition and the removal of paint; some works exhibit thick application of paint, while in others the painterly gesture is removed with rags dipped in varnish or even by sanding. Via the oscillation between representation and abstraction, composition and narrative, texture and space, Moran engages thought and sense simultaneously.Follow @KatyMoran123 on Instagram and visit her gallery Modern Art: https://modernart.net/artists/katy-moranKaty Moran's new exhibition More Me is now open and runs until 1st April at Station, Melbourne, Australia.Visit https://stationgallery.comKaty Moran lives and works in Hertfordshire. She was born in Manchester in 1975 and completed an MA Fine Art in painting at the Royal College of Art, London in 2005. Moran's work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Parasol Unit for Contemporary Art, London (2015); the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2013); Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2010); Tate St. Ives (2009); and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK (2008). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Tate St. Ives (2018); Aspen Art Museum (2015); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2013); SFMOMA (2012); and Tate Britain, London (2008). Her work is included in important public and private collections including Arts Council Collection, London; David Roberts Art Foundation; Government Art Collection, London; The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas; Royal College of Art, London; Tate; SFMOMA; and Walker Art Center; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; and Zabludowicz Collection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on “Out of Office: A Travel Podcast,” Kiernan takes us on a tour of his home turf: New Haven, Connecticut! It's all apizza (a-BEETZ!), fake medieval buildings, dinosaurs, and New England charm. Plus, a BRAND NEW RICK STEVES'S SERIES! Things we talked about on today's episode: Ryan's new bastard podcast “Red Pen” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-pen-a-grammar-podcast/id1658608663  Rick Steves's new show https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/art  Wooster Square https://www.ctvisit.com/listings/wooster-square  Pepe's https://order.pepespizzeria.com/  Sally's https://www.sallysapizza.com/  Modern http://modernapizza.com/  Da Legna x Nolo https://jet2nolo.com/  Zuppardi's https://zuppardisapizza.com/  Bar https://www.yelp.com/biz/bar-new-haven  Beinecke Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinecke_Rare_Book_%26_Manuscript_Library  Gutenberg Bible page turning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKXDGFOoxvc  Harkness Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harkness_Tower  Taft seat in Woolsey Hall https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/nyregion/a-president-s-custom-seat-still-best-in-the-house.html  Crypt societies https://archive.curbed.com/2018/6/21/17484316/yale-secret-society-tomb-history-skull-bones  Yale University Art Gallery https://artgallery.yale.edu/  Yale Center for British Art https://britishart.yale.edu/  Peabody Museum https://peabody.yale.edu/  “The Age of Reptiles” mural https://news.yale.edu/2019/12/02/peabodys-iconic-dinosaur-mural-gets-check-ahead-museum-renovation  Atticus Bookstore https://atticusnhv.com/  Book Trader Cafe http://www.booktradercafe.net/    The Coffee Pedaler https://www.facebook.com/thecoffeepedalernewhaven/    “Bones and All” https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/bones-and-all-midwest-setting-explained   Art of the Brick https://artofthebrickexhibit.com/ 

For the fifteenth episode of "Reading the Art World," host Megan Fox Kelly speaks with Courtney J. Martin, co-author of “Cecily Brown," published by Phaidon. This 2020 book is the first major monograph about Cecily Brown, one of the most influential painters of our time. In it, Courtney offers an insightful interview with the artist, and co-authors Jason Rosenfeld and Francine Prose provide illuminating essays. Courtney J. Martin is the Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. Previously, she was the Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Dia Art Foundation, she taught at Brown University and the University of California, Berkeley and worked at the Ford Foundation. She received a doctorate from Yale University.  Courtney sits on the boards of the Chinati Foundation, the Center for Curatorial Leadership, Hauser & Wirth Institute and the Henry Moore Foundation. Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. She established her unique voice within the art sphere by investigating the sensual qualities of oil paint and challenging the conventions of abstraction and figuration. Through a range of references to old master paintings, Abstract Expressionism, and popular culture, Brown's symbolic language, exuberant brushwork, rich palette, intense energy, and embrace of the erotic have redefined some of painting's historical canons."Reading the Art World" is a live interview and podcast series with leading art world authors hosted by art advisor Megan Fox Kelly. The conversations explore timely subjects in the world of art, design, architecture, artists and the art market, and are an opportunity to engage further with the minds behind these insightful new publications. Megan Fox Kelly is an art advisor and President of the Association of Professional Art Advisors who works with collectors, estates and foundations. For more information, visit: meganfoxkelly.com. Follow us on Instagram: @meganfoxkelly.Purchase “Cecily Brown" by Courtney J. Martin at Phaidon. Music composed by Bob Golden.

For the last episode of this season, it's time to think about collections -- story collections! Even more specifically, multi-author anthologies of new (or new-to-the-readership) work! So let's take a trip to China, to Africa, and to Pasedena, CA for some thoughts on collection and curation. ITINERARY: Regina Kanyu Wang (The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories) talks about the collaborative process of editing The Way Spring Arrives, considering non-dualistic ways of being, and the hope that springs from speculative fiction. Sheree Renée Thomas and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Africa Risen) talk about their mutual appreciation, why it was time for a collection like Africa Risen, and just what it means when they say that Africa isn't just rising but that it has risen. Melinda McCurdy (Curator, British Art at the Huntington Library) explains how she views her role as curator and the unique opportunities presented by the change-up of a famous Huntington acquisition, and how curation can change an audience's context and understanding. Full episode transcript available here. Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio Hosted by Drew Broussard Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As India edged towards independence from the British, Indian artists also set free their aspirations, beliefs and conformities by experimenting and searching for visual idioms that made their work more of the subcontinent. Tune in as we discuss the art of prominent artists. Image Credits: National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA); Written and hosted by: Ayushi Chaurasia

Frank Walter's rarely seen work is being exhibited at David Zwirner Gallery on the Upper East Side of Manhattan until July 29th. He was an agriculture expert from the island of Antigua in the Caribbean. After a multi-year sojourn in Europe, Walter returned to Antigua where he spent the rest of his life making art. Few saw these works until the 2017 Venice Biennale. There Walter was featured at the first ever pavilion for Antigua and Barbuda. Hilton Als is a writer for the New Yorker. He is also a frequent curator of art exhibitions. Als happened to be in Venice in 2017 and came upon Walter's work by chance. In this podcast, we talk about Frank Walter and his art. We also discuss Hilton Als's career as a curator. He was involved in the seminal Black Male show staged at the Whitney in 1994. Since then he has put on shows for Victoria Miro Gallery, David Zwirner and the Yale Center for British Art. Als next show is an exhibition on the life and work of Joan Didion. It will be the latest in a number of innovative shows he has created around literary figures. In these shows, he has found a new way to present ideas in gallery spaces.

On this episode of The Unfinished Print it is with honour, and great pleasure that I am able to present to you, my interview, with British  artist Rebecca Salter. We speak on her mokuhanga, her own work and work produced together with the Satō woodblock workshop in Kyōto. We discuss where Rebecca believes mokuhanga has gone since writing her book, Japanese Woodblock Printing (2001), a book which constantly inspires me in my own work. This book helps me to understand, what has felt at times to be such an esoteric and complicated art form, just a little bit more.  Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own mokuhanga work on Instagram @andrezadoroznyprints Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Rebecca Salter - website, interviews with Royal Academy, 1 and 2. University of West England - once called Bristol Polytechnic, is a public research University located in Bristol, England. British Museum - is a public museum, located in London, England, and is focused on human history, arts and culture. It was established in 1753.  Kyoto City University of Arts - is a public university of the arts located in Kyōto, Japan, and was established in 1880. lithography - is a printing process which requires a stone or aluminum plate, and was invented in the 18th Century. More info, here from the Tate.  screen printing - also called, serigraphy, is a method of printing by using stencils and forcing the ink through a screen onto paper, or other fabric. More info, here. Akira Kurosaki 黒崎彰 (1937-2019) - one of the most influential woodblock print artists of the modern era. His work, while seemingly abstract, moved people with its vibrant colour and powerful composition. He was a teacher and invented the “Disc Baren,” which is a great baren to begin your mokuhanga journey with. At the 2021 Mokuhanga Conference in Nara, Japan there was a tribute exhibit of his life works. Azusa Gallery has a nice selection of his work, here. intaglio printmaking - is a style of printmaking, the opposite of relief printmaking, where scratches are made with a burin on the plate (copper, zinc, aluminum) and then dipped in acid. Ink and pigment is rubbed on with a brayer, brushes, etc. More info can be found, here.    scrolls - called kakemono 掛物 or emakimono 絵巻物  in Japanese. These scrolls contain many different types of themes and subjects. More info can be found, here. monoprint - is a print made from a re-printable block, such as wood, or an etched plate. It is usually a one and done type of printing with only one print being made. blue and white Japanese ceramics - are ceramics made for the Japanese market. Originally imported into Japan in the 17th Century from China, local Japanese ceramists from northern and southern Japan began locally producing ceramics. As trading with the Dutch escalated more porcelain wares were being imported from Europe into the Japanese port of Imari. Imari became the word to describe these types of blue and white ceramics.  Genji Monogatari emaki - is an elaborate scroll produced in 12th Century, Japan. It is based on the famous Tale of Genji, a tale written in the 11th Century and is attributed to Murasaki Shikibu (around 973-1014). You can find images of this scroll, here.  Edo Culture - the Edo Period of Japan (1603-1868) was a period of peace and prosperity for the Japanese military government, or bakufu. Led by the Tokugawa family, Edo period culture flourished in theatre, literature, and the arts. For a fantastic book on the subject please seek out, Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions of Urban Japan by Kazuo Nishiyama (trans. Gerald Groemer) and Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Ghost by Satoko Shimazaki.  Edo v. Kyōto Kabuki - kabuki theatre is a bombastic and powerful theatre from Japan. In its long history it has been generally attributed to both  Edo (Tōkyō) and Kyōto.  Edo kabuki is called aragoto kabuki and Kyōto kabuki is called wagoto kabuki. Aragoto kabuki is generally very loud and external, whereas Kyōto kabuki is more understated and gentle.  Satō woodblock workshop - is a traditional Japanese woodblock production house based in Kyōto, Japan. Here is an article from The Journal of Modern Craft with Rebecca Salter regarding this workshop.  Japanese woodblock of the 1950's and 1960's - post-war Japan was growing at an exponential rate, and this was true for the Japanese woodblock print. As the sōsaku-hanga movement began to out last the shin-hanga of the 1920's in terms of production, where most people could produce prints on their own,  American scholars , Oliver Statler (1915-2000), and James Michener (1907-1997), helped catalogue and document the burgeoning Japanese woodblock print movement through their books, The Floating World (1954), by Michener, and Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (1956) by Statler, for a Western audience. Along with the Western art scene and the 1951 São Paulo Art Biennial, Japanese woodblock prints began to be respected as a stand alone piece of fine art.  kozo paper -  is paper made from mulberry bark and is commonly used in woodblock printmaking, and cloth.  Echizen, Fukui - is a city located tin the prefecture of Fukui. The paper produced from this region is kozo, mitsumata, and gampi.  More information can be found from the website of Echizen Washi Village. Mosquito net technique - is a technique in ukiyo-e, and can of course be reproduced by the modern mokuhanga practitioner, where very fine lines are carved on two wood blocks and, when printed together, create the image of slight, thin netting. Rebecca Salter details this technique in her book, Japanese Woodblock Printing (2001)   Yale Center for British Art - located in New Haven, Connecticut, the YCBA is dedicated to British art of all types.  Louise Caan - is a British architect and teacher based in Oxford where she teaches architecture at the Oxford Brookes School of Architecture.  urushi zuri - is a technique which is used in traditional Japanese woodblock and mokuhanga, where pigment is mixed with nikawa (animal glue), and printed to enhance the enjoyment of the print. Usually seen in black hair, or garments represented in the print.  Japanese museums dedicated to Japanese woodblock -  if you are visiting Japan and are interested in the Japanese woodblock print you are spoiled for choice. This list is definitely not complete so I would advise doing some research for local museums which may be open in different parts of Japan you may be visiting. This list is a mix of museums dedicated specifically to the woodblock print, or museums dedicated to woodblock print artisans.  Finally, check online for larger art museums , galleries, and department stores, in the area that you're visiting to see whether they are having any shows dedicated to woodblock print artists, genres, etc. while you're there. I've added hyper-links. The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum  - Matsumoto, Nagano Sumida Hokusai Museum - Ryogoku, Tōkyō Ōta Memorial Museum of Art -  Harajukiu/Omotesando, Tōkyō Tokaidō Hiroshige Museum - Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Hokusai Museum - Obuse, Nagano Kamigata Ukiyo-e Museum -  Ōsaka CIty, Ōsaka Nakagawa Batō Hiroshige Museum - Nakagawa, Tōchigi Kawanabe Kyōsai Museum - Warabi, Saitama Naoko Matsubara - is a Japanese/Canadian contemporary artist, and sculptor, who lives and works in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.  She has focused much of her artistic life on making mokuhanga and has gained critical acclaim for it. My interview with Naoko Matsubara can be found, here.  Katsutoshi Yuasa - is a Japanese contemporary artist, and sculptor, who works predominantly in mokuhanga. He has  produced an incredible mount of work. My interview with Katsu can be found, here.  Brook Andrew - is an Australian contemporary artist who has shown internationally.  Ukiyo-e Censorship - the military Tokugawa government (bakufu) was not happy about being criticized. Ukiyo-e prints often lampooned authority with their imagery. Other artistic pursuits in Japan at the time, such as kabuki theatre, did the same. In ukiyo-e and Tokugawa history there were “reforms” which the bakufu created in order to stem this type of criticism. The Ehon Taikōki of 1804, which focused on woodblock prints and poetry, and The Tempo Reforms of 1841/42 that focused on actor prints, the manufacturing of woodblock prints,  and their price, to name just a few reasons.  William Evertson - is an American woodblock printmaker and sculptor based in Connecticut, USA, who's themes focus on the politics and process of The United States.   Annie Bissett - is an American mokuhanga printmaker based in Rhode Island, USA. She explores American life, past and present,  sexuality, and the esoteric through her prints. My interview with Annie Bissett can be found, here.  Paul Binnie - is a Scottish mokuhanga printmaker and painter, based in San Diego, USA. Having lived and worked in Japan in the 1990's, studying at the Yoshida atelier while there, Paul has successfully continued to make mokuhanga and his paintings.  Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition - is a summer exhibition held at the Royal Academy in London, England. It is an open submission, one which started in 1769, showcasing all types of artistic mediums.  余韻 - (yoin) - is a Japanese word which means “lingering memory.” The Lake District - is an area in North West of England which has numerous mountains, lakes, and a National Park. It has been an inspiration for many artists, writers, and actors for years. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  © Popular Wheat Productions opening and closing credit music - Cut/Copy - Rendevous from the album, I Thought of Numbers (2001) logo designed and produced by Douglas Batchelor and André Zadorozny  Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :) Слава Україну If you find any issue with something in the show notes please let me know. ***The opinions expressed by guests in The Unfinished Print podcast are not necessarily those of André Zadorozny and of Popular Wheat Productions.***      

This episode takes you to the art and architecture of Awadh. It was uniquely driven by the Shia Nawabs who collaborated with their Mughal, Persian and English sensibilities to raise an essentially South Asian culture. Image Credits: Yale Centre of British Art; Written and hosted by: Ayushi Chaurasia

Immersive digital art in Coventry, the British Art Show, & music from Jasdeep Singh Degun.

In this episode we explore the lives and careers of Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) and Mary Moser (1744-1819), who were the only two female founding members of the Royal Academy of Art, founded in 1768. We will discuss Angelica Kauffman's fame and her unladylike focus on the masculine and epic History painting, considered to be the most respected and accomplished genre of art. As well as her huge achievements and highly successful commissions.We will also discuss Mary Moser's career and commitment to the Academy, her work for royalty and her influence among other Academicians.Of course we will also explore some of the ways being female affected Moser and Kauffman's place in the RA, including ways in which they were excluded, as symbolically represented in a famous group portrait by Johan Joseph Zoffany. SourcesWomen Artists by Flavia Frigerihttps://www.apollo-magazine.com/angelica-kauffman-history-painting/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/mary-moser-rahttps://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/ra-magazine-jenny-uglow-angelica-kauffman-raImagesInstagram - @themuseumoffemininity 

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Ambition is defined as having a goal and making whatever sacrifices are necessary to achieve it. A person who seeks such lofty goals in life is called “ambitious.” To such people, mediocrity is the greatest threat. One of art history's most towering examples of ambition is Michelangelo. In this episode we will explore not only how nearly every piece of art he created is defined by ambition, but how his ambition made the world a more beautiful place. Hosted by Scott Einig and featuring Ross King, art historian and author of Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, The Bookseller of Florence, and Brunelleschi's Dome. Also featuring Andrew Graham-Dixon, art critic, broadcaster and author of A History of British Art, Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel, and Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane.

The latest episode of Making a Mark explores the work of Christiane Baumgartner (b. 1967), a ground-breaking artist who has achieved international critical acclaim for her printmaking, choosing to adopt the earliest form of the medium, the woodcut, as her primary means of expression. Curator and director at Cristea Roberts Gallery, Helen Waters, talks to Baumgartner about her formative years spent living in East Germany under communism and how this informed and shaped her work, as well as her choice of medium and subject matter, from her earliest woodcuts, many of which are now housed in major museum collections, through to her latest editions, which are the subject of a new exhibition at Cristea Roberts Gallery.   We also hear from Jonathan Watkins, director of Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, who gave Baumgartner her first solo show in the UK and commissioned her to make Stairway to Heaven, 2019, her largest work to date, Christian Rümelin, an early supporter of Baumgartner's work and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Geneva, and Gillian Forrester, independent curator and scholar, who has written about Baumgartner's work. She is the former Curator of Prints & Drawings at Yale Center for British Art in the US. Making a Mark is a new podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠ Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Image: Christiane Buamgartner in her studio in Leipzig, Germany, 2021. Photo: Werner Lieberknecht #christianebaumgartner #womanartist #womeninart #germanart #germanartist #eastgermany #printmaking #woodcut #woodcutting #prints #light #landscapes #seascapes #artiststudio #surveillance

Launching on 2nd November 2021, the second series of the Sculpting Lives podcast features episodes on Dora Gordine, Gertrude Hermes, Veronica Ryan, Alison Wilding and Cathie Pilkington. At a moment when public sculpture is the subject of contentious debate, the final episode of the second series focuses on questions of gender, public sculpture and display, and explores women's representation — both as subjects and artists — in our public spaces and exhibitions. Each episode is recorded in places that are significant for the women sculptors featured — their studios, as well as galleries and public places where their work is on display — and includes new interviews with curators, friends, family and the artists themselves, creating intimate soundscapes of their private and public worlds.  The @SculptingLives Instagram feed contains more information about the podcast and the artists and artworks featured in it. Sculpting Lives is a podcast series written and presented by Jo Baring (Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art) and Sarah Victoria Turner (Deputy Director at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London).

On Episode #47 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Andrew is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television in the English-speaking world. He has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC and other independents. He's written 6 books including 'A History of British Art', 'Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane' and 'Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel', which we discussed today. We discussed:

In episode 149 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering unrealistic expectations, visual fitness, being recorded on Zoom and 'remote' portrait photography. Plus this week photographer Norman McBeath takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Norman McBeath (pronounced McBeth) is a photographer and printmaker who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. His creative collaborations with poets include Plan B with Paul Muldoon, The Beach with Kathleen Jamie and Simonides with Robert Crawford. Simonides was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and exhibited at Yale and the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. McBeath's latest book Strath is a further collaboration with the poet Robert Crawford. His work has been shown as part of exhibitions at the Leica Gallery in New York, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 2015 he was awarded a Fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo and subsequently invited to show work from the Fellowship in the exhibition Between the Land and the Sea 2016 at the Keeper's House, Royal Academy, London. In 2019 the Scottish National Portrait Gallery held a major exhibition of The Long Look, a collaboration with the painter Audrey Grant. Collections which hold his work include; the British Library; the National Library of Scotland; the British Council; Harvard University and Yale Center for British Art. www.normanmcbeath.com Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). His book What Does Photography Mean to You? including 89 photographers who have contributed to the A Photographic Life podcast is on sale now £9.99 https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/what-does-photography-mean-to-you/ © Grant Scott 2021