David Dawson
In this episode of Talk Art, host Robert Diamant sits down with painter David Dawson to explore his four‑decade career centered on plein‑air landscape painting in mid‑Wales. Dawson recounts his upbringing on a remote farm, his art school training in London, and his long‑standing friendship with Lucian Freud, which shaped his disciplined studio practice. He explains how his work balances figurative and abstract elements, often depicting sheep, cows, and seasonal light, and how each canvas can take two to three years, moving back and forth between the Welsh hills and his London studio. The conversation also highlights his upcoming exhibition at Gainsborough House, which responds to Constable’s legacy.
Re-Air: The Young Painter Curators Are Rushing to Work With
In this re‑aired episode of The Art Angle, host Ben Davis interviews emerging painter Taina H. Cruz, who at 27 is featured simultaneously in the Whitney Biennial and MoMA PS1’s Greater New York survey. Cruz discusses how her multidisciplinary background in...
The Salon Des Refusés
In this episode of Who Arted, host Kyle Wood explores the historic Salon des Refusés, the 1863 exhibition of works rejected by the Paris Salon. He explains how the rigid Académie jury stifled emerging realist and plein‑air artists, leading Emperor...
Episode 938: Tori Tinsley
In this episode of Bad at Sports, host Brian Andrews interviews Atlanta‑based artist Tori Tinsley about her "Hug" series, a body of paintings, sculptures, and animations that emerged from caring for her mother with frontotemporal dementia. Tinsley explains how the...
The Curious Case of Nat Tate
In this 6‑minute episode of Who Arted, host Kyle Wood explores the bizarre story of Nat Tate, a fictional American abstract‑expressionist invented by novelist William Boyd. He explains how David Bowie and other art world figures presented Tate’s biography as...
Artist Interview | Ian Capstick
In this episode of Who Arted?, host Kyle Wood interviews multidisciplinary artist and former creative director Ian Capstick. Capstick recounts his journey from teenage theater performer to prop maker, advertising creative director, and finally to a fiber artist specializing in...
Episode 936: Damon Locks
In this episode of Bad at Sports, host Ryan interviews multidisciplinary artist and musician Damon Locks about his new gallery show, which splits into two conceptual halves titled “Listen to This” and “We Are Our People.” Locks explains how his...
Episode 935: Chicago Critics Roundtable
In this roundtable, Chicago’s most active art critics—including Curtis Bozif, Annette LaPeak, Bia Singh, and Gareth Kaye—discuss the current "crisis of criticism" and the role of the critic within the city’s art ecology. They explore how their multi‑hyphenate identities (artist,...
Episode 934: John Stezaker
In this episode of Bad at Sports, host Brian Andrews and co‑hosts sit down with contemporary artist John Stezaker to discuss his new exhibition "Raft" at Grey Gallery. Stezaker explains that the works are collages made from Victorian topographical photographs,...
Isaac Julien
In this episode of TalkArt, host Robert Diamant interviews interdisciplinary artist Isaac Julien and collaborator Mark Nash about Julien’s latest multi‑screen installation, All That Changes / Metamorphosis, shown at Victoria Miro in London. The work, commissioned for the 500th anniversary...
How Raphael Made—And Unmade—The Renaissance
The episode explores the Metropolitan Museum’s blockbuster exhibition “Raphael’s Sublime Poetrie,” guiding listeners through its 237 works—from early drawings and Perugino influences to his mature Roman frescoes and tapestries. Host Kate Brown and critic Ben Davis discuss Raphael’s rapid rise,...
Public Art, Rebooted: Carmen Zella on the Rise of Digital Urbanism
In this episode, host Sourdough talks with Carmen Zella, founder of NowArt and co‑founder of the Next Art Foundation, about her mission to democratize public art through digital, immersive installations like Luminex and Attune. Zella explains how her agency blends...
Working Art Into a Thru-Hike: Inside the ATC and CDTC Artist Residencies with Mallory Weston & Leslie Boyd (BPR #350)
In this episode of Backpacker Radio, artists and metalsmiths Mallory Weston and Leslie Boyd discuss their unique roles as the inaugural artists‑in‑residence for the Continental Divide Trail Conservancy (CDTC) and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC). They share how they integrate...
Artemisia Gentileschi | Judith Slaying Holofernes
In this episode of Who Arted?, host Kyle Wood explores the life and work of Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, focusing on her groundbreaking career and the personal trauma that shaped her art. He outlines her early training, the assault by...
Tracey Emin
In this episode, host Robert Diamant interviews world‑renowned artist Tracey Emin at the Carl Friedman Gallery in Margate about her curatorial project "Crossing Into Darkness," which showcases a mix of local, emerging, and internationally celebrated artists—including works by Anthony Gormley,...