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Hermann Herzog, Sunset in the Florida Hammocks - with author Deborah Pollack
Season 7 Episode 4
For this week's episode, Phil speaks with author & art dealer Deborah Pollack about Hermann Herzog’s steamy Florida wilderness, which he depicted in …
8 months ago
Cecilia Beaux, Twilight Confidences
Season 7 Episode 3
Captivated by Breton peasants in their striking costumes on a summer trip to the countryside in 1888, the wonderful American artist Cecilia Beaux was…
8 months, 1 week ago
Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Season 7 Episode 2
This week’s focus in an artist who has been called ‘the British Caravaggio’. This eerie candlelit scene shows a scientific experiment in the ‘Age of …
8 months, 1 week ago
James McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Whistler’s Mother)
Season 7 Episode 1
It’s a new year and a new season of Painting of the Week! We’re starting off with one of the 20th century’s best-known artworks, beloved for its tech…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Christmas Special 2025
Laura and Phil get into the Christmas spirit by seeking out festive artworks and having a giggle along the way. What artworks does your Christmas lun…
9 months, 1 week ago
Season 6 Ep 10: Caravaggio, Conversion of Saint Paul
Season 6 Episode 10
Finishing season 6 off on a high, we have special guest David Bickerstaff - co-director of Exhibition on Screen’s ‘Caravaggio’ - exploring the true n…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Season 6 Ep 9: Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières
Season 6 Episode 9
Painted before his 25th birthday, this monumental 2m x 3m work was supposed to be Seurat’s big break but was rejected by the 1884 Salon...
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11 months, 3 weeks ago
Season 6 Ep 8: Dora Carrington, Farmhouse at Waternlath
Season 6 Episode 8
This week, Phil and Laura talk about a Tate Britain work that pulls you in with its striking depiction of the rolling hills of Cumbria, uncovering th…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Season 6 Ep 7: Zdeněk Dvořák, Czech Tradition
Season 6 Episode 7
This visceral photograph of a butcher at work, chosen by special guest World Food Photography Awards founder Caroline Kenyon, brings up issues surrou…
1 year ago
Season 6 Ep 6: Henri Matisse, Woman Reading at a Yellow Table
Season 6 Episode 6
In this episode, Phil and Laura talk to Christopher Gorham, author of the fascinating new book ‘Matisse and Art Under the Nazis’, and explore how Mat…
1 year ago