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Back to SearchSeason 2, Ep. 18: Railroad Gates - Jo Hopper, Edward Hopper
Season 1 Episode 38
This week, Phil and Hopper House curator Elizabeth Thompson Colleary discuss not one but two paintings, both entitled ‘Railroad Gates’ - one by Edwar…
4 years, 6 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 17: The Madonna del Parto - Piero della Francesca
Season 1 Episode 37
Painted in just seven working days, this extraordinary fresco only narrowly escaped total destruction in 1785…
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4 years, 6 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 16: The Night Watch - Rembrandt
Season 1 Episode 36
This enormous masterpiece is one of Rembrandt’s finest works, and one of the most famous of the Dutch Golden Age. Brimming with life, it has a fascin…
4 years, 7 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 15: The Two Fridas (1939) - Frida Kahlo
Season 1 Episode 35
On this date made entirely of twos - 22/2/22 - we are celebrating 2 weeks until the release of our film exploring the life and art of international i…
4 years, 7 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 14: The Room with a View - Duncan Grant
Season 1 Episode 34
In this episode, Phil & Laura journey to Charleston House in rural Sussex to explore an excellent Duncan Grant exhibition, selecting his fascinating …
4 years, 7 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 13: Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele (1434–1436) - Jan van Eyck
This 1436 tomb decoration brings Jesus and the Virgin Mary into the contemporary world, and right in front of the man who commissioned the painting…
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4 years, 7 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 12: Filtres a Cafe (91-S) - Kaixuan Feng
Season 1 Episode 32
In honour of Chinese New Year today, our #PaintingOfTheWeek is by Chinese artist Kaixuan Feng, who has trained in both traditional Chinese painting a…
4 years, 7 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 11: The Skating Minister (The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch) - Henry Raeburn
Season 1 Episode 31
For this special Burns' Night edition of Painting of the Week, Phil & Laura are looking at an iconic and decidedly unusual Scottish painting by Sir H…
4 years, 8 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 10: The Deposition from the Cross (altarpiece) - Jacopo Pontormo
Season 1 Episode 30
Sitting between High Renaissance and Baroque styles, this 16th century altarpiece from the Capponi Chapel in Florence brings together two of the most…
4 years, 8 months ago
Season 2, Ep. 9: The Lady of Shalott - William Holman Hunt
A painting based on a drawing based on a poem based on a legend… this week Phil & Laura discuss Hunt’s rendition of the legend of the Lady of Shalott…
4 years, 8 months ago