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The Week in Art

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Dec 7, 2018 • 55min

Olafur Eliasson on climate change and the threat to heritage. Plus, Art Basel in Miami Beach

We talk to the Danish-Icelandic artist about the urgent threat to the environment as his work Ice Watch, featuring chunks of glacier, go on show outside Tate Modern and Bloomberg’s HQ in London. We also discuss the potentially catastrophic effects of sea level rise to Mediterranean and European heritage with Anna Somers Cocks. And we talk to David Castillo, the Miami gallerist, as Art Basel makes its annual return to Florida. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 30, 2018 • 45min

Edmund de Waal exclusive interview, plus Roma persecution

We speak to Edmund de Waal, the ceramic artist and author of the Hare with Amber Eyes, about the incredible journey of his netsuke collection and the current state of nazi-loot restitution. Plus, on occasion of his show in London, artist Krzysztof Gil describes the tragic history of “Roma hunting” and the continued plight of the community today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 23, 2018 • 1h 1min

The Beatles' White Album: the band, the artist, the dealer. Plus, art in Dubai

We talk to Andrew Wilson at the Tate and Harriet Vyner, Robert Fraser's biographer about one of the greatest albums, and album covers, of all time. And we visit the new Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 16, 2018 • 45min

David Hockney: exclusive interview with the world's most expensive living artist

We talk to Hockney about Van Gogh, printmaking and the Bayeaux Tapestry but also about Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which broke auction record this week. We also look at the personal heartbreak behind the painting with Lawrence Weschler and analyse the trends of the New York auctions so far with Melanie Gerlis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 13, 2018 • 43min

Warhol (part two): Jeremy Deller and Shadows

In the second part of our Andy Warhol special, we talk to the British artist about meeting Warhol, his life-changing trip to the Factory and Warhol’s legacy. We also discuss Dia’s vast installation of the Shadow paintings (1978-79): are they "disco decor” as Warhol remarked, or one of the central bodies of work in his career, unifying many key themes and strands? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 9, 2018 • 54min

Warhol (part one): the Whitney retrospective, in depth

An in-depth interview with Donna De Salvo, organiser of the vast Andy Warhol show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. De Salvo takes us through all the key Warhol landmarks, from his early life as a commercial artist through his 1960s Pop art breakthrough and his films and celebrity portraits, to his late appropriations of Leonardo’s Last Supper and the catholicism that underpinned his interest in that work. We also hear about his relationship with a certain Donald Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 2, 2018 • 46min

Don’t call me a woman artist: overlooked Surrealists. Plus, Klimt/Schiele

We talk to Alyce Mahon, the curator of the Dorothea Tanning exhibition now in Madrid, and curatorial adviser for the Leonor Fini show in New York about the art and life of the two surrealist artists. Meanwhile, in New York, we discuss how Klimt and Schiele compare, with curator and art dealer Jane Kallir, as a spate of shows open in Europe and the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 26, 2018 • 36min

Bruce Nauman’s New York takeover. Plus, the British Museum’s new Islamic art galleries

We discuss the vast Bruce Nauman retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 New York and chart the British Museum's Islamic collection's journey from dusty back rooms to grand light-filled spaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 19, 2018 • 43min

The Gainsborough murders. Plus, RoseLee Goldberg on performance

We talk to the researchers who uncovered the grisly murders in the family of the young Thomas Gainsborough. Plus, RoseLee Goldberg tells us all about her new book on performance art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 12, 2018 • 1h 9min

Banksy self destructs at Sotheby’s, plus Bauhaus pioneer Anni Albers

We go behind the scenes of one of the most publicised stunts in auction history with our correspondent Anny Shaw, who was there that evening. Then we get a tour of Tate Modern's Anni Albers retrospective with its curator Briony Fer, speak to her biographer Charles Darwent and the head of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Nicholas Fox Weber. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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