Podcast: Splendour, water, and light: The immense art history of Venice
In this episode, art critic Martin Gayford takes us on a breathtaking journey through five centuries of art history in Venice, exploring masterpiec...
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'Hope is best expressed in colour': Joel Meyerowitz on the power of colour photography
We sit down with legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz to explore his foundational work with colour.
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‘Renaissance eyes are fixed on this life’: The defining truths of Renaissance art
In this extract from ‘Earthly Delights’, Jonathan Jones delves into the worlds of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and more, exploring how the Re...
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The life of William Morris: An inexhaustible search for beauty
The Arts and Crafts designer created such iconic patterns as Strawberry Thief – but William Morris’s abilities ranged far beyond textiles. In a kal...
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Polyfoam, collective care and absolute expression: The purity and power of cosplay
In this extract from Thurstan Redding’s ‘Kids of Cosplay’, Tom Rasmussen explores the vast, vibrant cosplay community, whose ‘heart is not for sale’.
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Liam Wong on taxi drivers, cinematic visions and the city at night
We sit down with photographer Liam Wong, whose latest monograph 'Liam Wong: After Dark' takes viewers on a nocturnal journey through the world's mo...
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How to change the course of modern art: The visual languages of Pablo Picasso
Looking at Picasso author Pepe Karmel charts Picasso's ever-evolving style, delving into some of the artist's most iconic paintings, including Les ...
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Where did werewolves come from? The ‘wolf-man’ of the Slavic imagination
This extract from ‘The Slavic Myths’ explores the intriguing and changeable position of the werewolf in Slavic Mythology – at times god, vampire an...
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Quentin Blake on imagination, inspiration & the beauty of a biro
Legendary illustrator Quentin Blake sits down with House of Illustration Deputy Chair Claudia Zeff to chat ‘Quentin Blake: A Year of Drawings’, an ...
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The unflinching work of Iranian female photographers
We sit down with Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh, founder of Iran's groundbreaking Silk Road Gallery, to explore her book 'Breathing Space', an extraord...
