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Back to Search#65. Damien Hirst ~ His Auction, Painting In Exile & His Thoughts On His Hero, Francis Bacon
Episode 65
After his extraordinary 2008 Sotheby’s auction, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, which raised more than £111 million in two days, Damien Hirst descr…
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#64. Pablo Picasso ~ Guernica
Episode 64
Picasso’s Guernica, painted in Paris in 1937, is one of the most powerful anti-war paintings ever created. It was inspired by the bombing of the Basq…
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#63. David Lynch ~ A Day In The Life
Episode 63
David Lynch (1946–2025) was an American filmmaker, painter, musician and writer whose work transformed the boundaries between cinema, dreams and the …
6 days ago
#62. Jake Auerbach ~ Frank Auerbach’s Son
Episode 62
Frank Auerbach and his son Jake had a complicated but ultimately deeply affectionate relationship. Frank, born in Berlin in 1931, came to Britain as …
1 week ago
#61. Peter Clossick ~ Figurative Expressionist Painter
Episode 61
Peter Clossick is one of those painters who found the direction of their art early on, a revelatory moment on Hampstead Heath one evening after a day…
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#60. Vincent Van Gogh ~ The Mystery Of His Final Day
Episode 60
Vincent van Gogh spent his final day, 27 July 1890, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, before returning to his room at the Auberge Ravoux with a gunshot wou…
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#59. William Hogarth’s ~ English Grand Tour
Episode 59
William Hogarth was deeply sceptical of the fashionable Grand Tour, where wealthy young Englishmen travelled through France and Italy to study classi…
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#58. The Secret Life Of Portraits ~ A History Of Portrait Painting
Episode 58
Portrait painting in European oil paint emerged in the 15th century, particularly in Northern Europe, with artists such as Jan van Eyck exploiting oi…
1 month ago
#57. Euan Uglow By Martin Gayford ~ The Geometry Of Seeing
Episode 57
Euan Uglow (1932–2000) was a British painter renowned for his intensely measured still lifes, landscapes and nudes. Born in London, he studied at Cam…
1 month, 1 week ago
#56. Dinner With Titian And Aretino ~ An Evening In The Renaissance
Episode 56
When people discuss who the greatest painter of all time it really falls to two artists Titian and Velazquez. The thing is about Titian he sort of di…
1 month, 2 weeks ago