Podcast Episodes

Season 1, Ep. 18: Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1650) - Diego Velázquez

Season 1 Episode 18

Painted by the extraordinary Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in Rome in 1650, Pope Innocent X considered this portrait to be ‘too true’… Laura and Phi…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Season 1, Ep. 17: Uneasy centre, 1963 - Bridget Riley

Season 1 Episode 17

Bridget Riley is one of today’s most prominent artists, having made her name in the 1960s with black and white paintings that explored the dynamic ef…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Season 1, Ep. 16: Girl in a Boat, with Geese - Berthe Morisot

Season 1 Episode 16

Phil and Laura this week look at a painting by Berthe Morisot, one of the leading French Impressionists. The vivid oil painting features a lady rowin…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Season 1, Ep. 15: Money Art - Shamsia Hassani

Season 1 Episode 15

In this episode, Phil and Laura reflect on recent events in Afghanistan by looking at the works of Shamisa Hassani.

Born April 1988, Hassani is the f…

5 years ago

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Season 1, Ep. 14: The Alexander Mosaic

Season 1 Episode 14

A one-and-a-half-million-piece marble mosaic that is as stunning as it is fascinating. Found in Pompeii and now in the wonderful archaeological museu…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Season 1, Ep. 13: Girl with a Pearl Earring - Johannes Vermeer

Season 1 Episode 13

Created by Johannes Vermeer in 1665, this painting is among the most popular ever painted. Phil and Laura look a little closer at this enigmatic port…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Season 1, Ep. 12: The Snail - Henri Matisse

Season 1 Episode 12

This week Phil & Laura explore one of Matisse’s most famous works, created towards the end of his life when he was confined to bed due to ill health……

5 years, 1 month ago

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Season 1, Ep. 11: People in the Sun - Edward Hopper

Season 1 Episode 11

Among the greatest of all American painters, Hopper frequently focusses on humans in different forms of isolation. His People in the Sun may seem to …

5 years, 1 month ago

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Season 1, Ep. 10: Mrs Acton in Delhi - Howard Hodgkin

Season 1 Episode 10

Hodgkin was one of Britain’s foremost contemporary painters and is hugely popular. India was a place very close to his heart, and the fascinating Mrs…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Season 1, Ep. 9: The Hunters in the Snow - Pieter Bruegel

Season 1 Episode 9

The wintry scene painted by Bruegel in 1565 is one of a series depicting rural life at different times of the year. The three hunters are seen return…

5 years, 2 months ago

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