Episodes
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Author and curator Margaret Timmers offers a brief history of art in the modern Olympics, from art events to poster designs.
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Art historian and presenter Kate Bryan shares some of the artist's love stories from her book 'The Art of Love'.
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Map Librarian Nick Millea discuss the history of map-making and the artists who have explored maps as a subject.
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Head Curator at the London Transport Museum Matt Brosnan takes us on a journey through the history of London Transport poster designs.
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Artist and food historian Tasha Marks discusses the history and symbolism of food in art.
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Psychoanalyst Vanessa Sinclair explains how Freud and psychoanalysis inspired the art of the Surrealists.
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Michele Bogart discusses the relationship between artists and ad design since the late nineteenth century.
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We speak to Director of Chisenhale Gallery Zoé Whitley about her work co-curating the 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' exhibition and art in the context of Black Lives Matter.
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We speak to David Bownes to learn about the history of British railway poster artists and how poster designs developed over the twentieth century.
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Writer and classicist James Cahill gives an introduction to mythological themes in art.
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Raissa Bretaña tells us how costume designers look to art history to inspire the fashions for films set across history.
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We speak to Giovanni Aloi to discover why animals have inspired artists for thousands of years.
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Director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Kim Sajet discusses the origins of the gallery and presidential portraits. (Part 2)
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Director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Kim Sajet discusses the origins of the gallery and presidential portraits. (Part 1)
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Tarot expert Rachel Pollack discusses the origins of tarot cards and how artists have engaged with tarot iconography since the 15th century.
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We speak to Anna Jamieson about early representations of mental illness in art and how this has developed over the centuries.
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Animation critic and historian Charles Solomon tells the story of early Disney cartoons and how fine art inspired the films we've come to love.
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We dive into the story of vaginas and vulvas in art with the help of Sarah Creed, curator of the newly-opened Vagina Museum in London.
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