Jo's Art History Podcast

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. Today I’m joined by artist Phil Barton to discuss the groundbreaking artist Gustave Metzger.

Hello and welcome back this week we are talking all thing Faves and Fauvism with British artist Loïs Cordelia. 

Hello and welcome back! This week I'm joined by British Surrealist artist Rosalynd Byass to discuss Surrealism and how important the genre is as a way of exploring and expressing mental health.

Enjoy!

Videos Introducing Surrealism

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I speak to artist Emma Hoten about the British Landscape painter, Fred  Cuming RA.

Fred is an artist I knew nothing about and, as I admit in the episode, would never really have paid attention to. But Emma’s passion for Fred’s work is infectious and I loved recording this episode with her.

It not only taught me about a British Landscape artist but it showed me that I too, pigeon hole the art I look at and make assumptions. It's always nice to broaden your horizons - no pun intended.  I hope you enjoy.

Fred Links:

RA Video - shared on Rye Society of arts:

Happy New Year and Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week my guest is contemporary artist and double olympian Neil Eckersley.

We discuss Neil’s olympic journey, the history of art at the Olympics and Neil’s contemporary artistic practice. It’s a great episode to kick off the new year - enjoy!! :)

Links:

Neil’s Website:

https://www.olyart.co.uk/

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I discuss the brilliant Yoko Ono with returning guest Gemma Louise. Enjoy!

Yoko Ono

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I review the blockbuster BANKSY: CUT & RUN exhibition which took place in Glasgow between June - August 2023.

Enjoy!

Cut and Run website: https://cutandrun.co.uk/

Glasgow Life Banksy Shop: https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/collections/banksy-cut-run

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

Welcome back - this week I speak to returning guest Mimi Cullen all about the incredible artist Tracey Emin.

Mimi's love and passion for Emin is infectious and has clearly been a guiding light in Mimi's own personal practise and business NI Studios.

Thank you Mimi for this great conversation.

Enjoy!

Guest: Mimi Cullen

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast.

On today’s episode famous art cameos returns for PART 3!

Nico Paws returns to the podcast to discuss 4 famous works which make famous appearances in famous TV programmes.

Enjoy!

Notes of the episodes:

Noah Davis:

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which allow me, Jo McLaughlin, you resident host and art historian to deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less.This week we are discussing on of Glasgow’s most celebrated paintings Windows In The West by Avril Paton.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size. This week we are discussing on of Scotland’s most celebrated art works and installations:

Little Sparta by Ian Hamilton Finley.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we discuss Jenny Saville’s Propped.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week I take you on a whistle stop tour of the life and work of Bridget Riley.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less.. This week we are discussing one of Anthony Van Dyke’s best known portraits of Charles I on horseback,

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we deep dive into the amazing work Pauline Bunny by Sarah Lucas.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep-dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week I take you on a whistle stop tour of the life and work of Kim Lim

This episode was made possible through a commissioned piece of writing I did in 2021 for Sprout Magazine. The contents of this article make up a large percentage of my research and writing conducted for Sprout.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite-Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific artwork or artist in 10 minutes or less.. This week we are discussing The Endless Column by Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși. 

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep drive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less.. This week we are discussing the monumental installation work:

The Floating Piers by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep drive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we are discussing  Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair.

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Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which allow me, Jo McLaughlin, you resident host and art historian to deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we look at Ai Wei Wei’s installation Sunflower Seeds

Ai Wei Wei Sunflower Seeds

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Celtic Mirrors & Iron Age Treasures with James Handley

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast!!

We are nearing the end of Season 2 and this week I am bringing you something a little different - an episode all about Celtic Mirrors and Iron Age Treasure!

This week, I sit down with British Artist James Handley to discuss something completely unique to Britain, Celtic Hand Held Mirrors which have been found all over the British Isles. But, I hear you ask, what are these mirrors so important?

To begin with, they are incredibly rare, only been 29 or 30 of these incredible mirrors have been discovered. They are also incredibly detailed and complex in their design and build, which when you think about when they were first created (from approximately 300 B.C. to 70 A.D) it is beyond mind-blowing.

We know very little about them but what they do offer modern-day viewers is a look into British Craft and Design History.

James also discusses one of the greatest Celtic Art finds ever discovered in Britain, the Battersea Shield, as well as one of the biggest ‘Torc’ findings in Britain.

This episode celebrates the craftsmanship, beauty and design of these objects and why they deserve to be considered as some of the greatest artworks ever made in Britain.

Enjoy!

Jo

Guest: James Handley

@jameshandleyart

Mirror

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast!

This week I am joined by British artist, Cherish Marshall, who will be sharing her love of all things Salvador Dali!

Dali is now an iconic artist whose art seems to have worked its way into the fabric of our everyday living. Much like artists like Van Gogh, Dali is associated with certain items - such as melting clocks & surrealist landscapes - yet there is so much more to this great man!

Cherish talks about 4 lesser-known works from the great artist and discusses beautifully why there is so much more to Dali than melting clocks and giant elephants!!!

We discuss his ‘Jeremy Kyle’ levels of family up-bring, his love of bread, a late in life finding of religion, his money-making mentality and just what role he played in one of today’s biggest sweet brands - Chupa Chups!!!

Another great episode and guest! I learned a lot in this episode and I’m sure you will too!

Love, Jo xx

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

Instagram: @josarthistory

Guest

Cherish Marshall

Website: https://www.cherishmarshall.org/news-bio

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherishmemarshall/

Painting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherishmarshallpainting/

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Figura en una finestra (Figure at the Window) -

1925, Oil on papier-mâché

This week I sit down with photographer Rachel Vogeleisen to discuss 4 works from the brilliant Artemisia Gentileschi!!!

Barbara Hepworth is one of the greatest artists to ever come out of the UK.

Achieving monumental heights of fame and success during her life, she developed a sculptural language that makes her work not only timeless but so instantly recognisable as her own.

This week I take you on a whistle-stop tour of her life and work during her time living and working in her iconic studio and gardens in St.Ives!!

I talk you through Hepworth’s practice, my experience while visiting her studio in St Ives, August 2021; and why I think it’s important to visit where an artist works to truly help understand what makes them tick as a creator.

The studio was an experience which will stay with me forever and somewhere I cannot recommend enough should you find yourself in Cornwall and wondering how to spend a day!!

I hope you enjoy it!

Jo

Instagram:@josarthistory

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TRIGGER WARNING

This episode contains references to rape and sexual violence, which some listeners may find upsetting.

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. 

This week I sit down with Melody Thornton to discuss the representations of rape and sexual violence within Art History.

Melody talks us through 5 works from within the history of art which, on first appearance, seem perfectly innocent.

We discuss misleading titles, the language used to describe / justify the scenes / what is happening and why these images continue to be celebrated within the history of art despite depicting violence towards women.

This episode has left me asking more questions than it has given answers and I want to thank Melody for being such a brilliant guest and discussing this topic with me.

He may be one of art history’s most iconic artists but there is a lot to Vincent Van Gogh which has become myth and legend - and some of it more damaging to his repetition than you might expect!!

This week I am joined by Yorkshire based artist Mimi (Millie) Cullen to discuss the one, the only - Vincent Van Gogh.

Mini takes a drive into Van Gogh life, his mental health struggles, discuss how ‘the ear’ incident (isn’t what it seems to be) and the love between Vincent and his brother Theo.

We discuss three iconic works and discuss how being such a famous artist in death, is actually, sometimes, a bad thing. As people (aka me) tend to think there is nothing new to learn.

It's a great episode with a great guest! 

ENJOY!!

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Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast

Today we are celebrating the art of pride by taking a whistle-stop tour of 5 works that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Starting as a blog post back in 2020, I received a lot of attention from this blog and decided to turn it into an Instagram series. I learnt so much that it seemed a shame to leave it hidden in the depths of my Instagram / blog so I decided to turn it into a podcast episode! I hope you like it.

Today I’ll be discussing the original pride flag, the first public monument to the LGBT+ community and how a Hackney street artist raised thousands of pounds in aid of celebrating Pride!

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

Instagram @josarthistory

You can also find this podcast on Youtube!

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Welcome back to part 4 of my series Art of the Deal!

This time I'm taking you on a whistle-stop tour of the life of Italian/American art dealer Leo Castelli.

Castelli was a powerhouse on the American art scene in the 1950s / 60s / 70s and helped champion the names of now art world superstars Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg! Castelli has left a lasting impact on the art scene as we know it and even mentored now mega dealer Larry Gagosian when he was starting out.

I talk you through how Castelli ended up working in the art world at the age of 50, the 'Castelli Method' and how he forged lifelong bonds with the artists he showed.

Castelli is an incredible character within the history of art and the art market and I hope you enjoy learning more about this brilliant dealer!

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

Trip to Paris anyone?

This week on Jo’s Art History Podcast I’m joined by art historian Alexandra Kiely as she takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the incredible history of Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris!

We discuss Norte Dame’s change of importance, use and of course, the fire which tore through it in 2019, as well as the conservation efforts taking place to return the world-famous cathedral to its former glory.

Alexandra love for this great cathedral shines all the way throughout this episode and I’m so excited for you to listen, learn and enjoy!

Guest:

Alexandra Kiely

Website: https://ascholarlyskater.com

Fancy a trip down the rabbit hole? I know I do!

On this week’s solo episode I review the blockbuster exhibition from the V&A Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser.

I’m a massive fan of anything the V&A does and this exhibition was no exception.

I take you on a whistle-stop walkthrough of the exhibition, offering my open and honest opinion on what I loved and what I did not about the V&A’s latest show.

All opinions are my own and this visit was not sponsored in any way.

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast - a podcast that celebrates all things art historical with your host Jo McLaughlin

Today I sit down with Glasgow based photographer Brian Konstantinou aka Konsto to discuss a big question - Is Photography an Art Form?

We discuss Konsto’s love of photography, his training, his inspiration and why photography has always been overlooked within art history. It’s a great chat and I can’t wait for you all to listen.

Guest:

Brian Konstantinou aka Konsto

3 reasons the art world is intimidating and what you can do to overcome it.

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast - a podcast that celebrates all things art historical.

Today is a solo episode where I discuss an article I wrote in June 2021 entitled ‘3 reasons the art world is intimidating and what you can do to overcome it.’

When I published the article for Art Browser TV I got a lot of traction and a brilliant response from people, so I thought I would adapt what I had written into an episode.

I discuss 3 reasons the art world seems intimidating - the buildings, the people and the prices!

I hope I break these three barriers down for you to help you feel a little more comfortable in these spaces.

Get out and see some art as art really is, for all!!

Host:

Jo McLaughlin

Welcome Back to Jo’s Art History Podcast!

On today’s episode, I sit down with UK artist Diane Ketteringham to discuss one of contemporary art history’s most iconic works of art - Tracey Emin’s Tent! A.K.A: Everyone I have Ever slept with 1963 - 1995.

Diane takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the history of the piece, what it was like sitting inside the work itself and the fire which destroyed it.

Diane also discusses Tracey’s astrological chart and what this tells us about the artists’ characteristics and her practice as well as introducing us to Emin’s iconic Quilt and embroidery work!

A great episode on the brilliant Tracey Emin - Enjoy!!

Guest:

Diane Ketteringham

It’s episode 36 & this week sees the return of Famous Art Cameos in Movies Part 2

From Under the Sea to Notting Hill & Mr Bean to Beauties and Beasts - Nico Paws returns to the podcast along with host Jo McLaughlin to discuss more of the best art cameos the film industry has to offer!

You will be amazed at how many brilliant art cameos have happened right before your eyes in some of the greatest movies of all time!

Thank you to everyone who voted for this series to return for a part 2!

We have split this episode into two so make sure and check out the second part of the episode!

Jo!

Guest:

Nico Paws

It’s episode 36 & this week sees the return of Famous Art Cameos in Movies Part 2

From Under the Sea to Notting Hill & Mr Bean to Beauties and Beasts - Nico Paws returns to the podcast along with host Jo McLaughlin to discuss more of the best art cameos the film industry has to offer!

You will be amazed at how many brilliant art cameos have happened right before your eyes in some of the greatest movies of all time!

Thank you to everyone who voted for this series to return for a part 2!

We have split this episode into two so make sure and check out the second part of the episode!

Jo

Guest:

Nico Paws

It’s the final episode of season one! 

Yes, after 35 weeks of non-stop art history content, I thought now would be the perfect time to round off season one is style - and I promise we are going out on a high!

On today’s episode I sit down with artist and art historian Joanne Oatts to discuss one of Art History’s most iconic female artists - Georgia O’Keeffe!

O’Keeffe is one of those artists who was all too quickly pigeon holed as a creative who solely painted flowers and that contained highly sexualised undertones. I am happy to report however she is far more than that! Thanks to an continued effort of art historians around the world, as well as a blockbuster exhibition at the Tate Modern in 2016 O’Keeffe’s outpour has been rightly reevaluated showing the artist in all her glory.

Joanne a.k.a. Jo takes us on a whistle stop tour of some of O’Keeffe’s outpour and we discuss 5 works which highlight the varied creative developments of the artist’s life.

O’Keeffe was an absolute powerhouse. Not only as an artist but as a woman and I can think of no better artists to round off season one of the Jo’s Art History Podcast with.

Sit back and relax as Jo and I discuss the amazing Georgia O’Keeffe.

Guest:

Joanne Oatts