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The Week in Art

By The Art Newspaper Podcasts

From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world's big stories with the help of special guests. Hosted by Ben Luke, The Week in Art is sponsored by Christie's. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  1. 1.
    The white supremacist art in the US Capitol01/15/2021
    1:02:37
  2. 2.
    2020: The year in review12/18/2020
    1:16:31
  3. 3.
    Brexit: how will it change the art market?12/11/2020
    54:30
  4. 4.
    Contemporary public art: who is it for?12/04/2020
    57:42
  5. 5.
    Is the future of museums in Africa?11/27/2020
    1:15:17
  6. 6.
    Rewriting the Thanksgiving myth: the Mayflower and the Wampanoag, 400 years on11/20/2020
    1:00:04
  7. 7.
    Where art fairs still happen: the Shanghai buzz11/13/2020
    49:54
  8. 8.
    US election: How Trump’s presidency has affected the arts11/06/2020
    1:09:44
  1. 9.
    Has coronavirus helped unmask the real prices of art?10/30/2020
    1:07:29
  2. 10.
    The great museum sell-off: should public collections deaccession to survive Covid-19?10/23/2020
    1:06:06
  3. 11.
    What does the Philip Guston delay tell us about museums and race?10/16/2020
    1:11:03
  4. 12.
    Frieze: the show goes on. Plus, Theaster Gates10/09/2020
    59:36
  5. 13.
    Artemisia and Frida: great art, turbulent lives10/02/2020
    1:03:03
  6. 14.
    Sell the Michelangelo or lose 150 staff? The RA’s Covid-19 conundrum09/25/2020
    57:04
  7. 15.
    Grayson Perry on race and class in the US09/18/2020
    59:54
  8. 16.
    Berlin: still a magnet for artists?09/11/2020
    42:01
  9. 17.
    Cancelled: should good artists pay for bad behaviour?09/04/2020
    53:36
  10. 18.
    Trailer: The Week in Art09/02/2020
    1:31
  11. 19.
    New series in September. Meanwhile…08/07/2020
    3:20
  12. 20.
    Ready to see some art? The top exhibitions of the summer07/31/2020
    1:26:33
  13. 21.
    What will culture be like in the next decade?07/24/2020
    1:01:25
  14. 22.
    Staff cuts: are museums protecting their workers?07/17/2020
    1:14:45
  15. 23.
    Hong Kong: has the new law "destroyed" the art scene?07/10/2020
    1:02:52
  16. 24.
    The destruction of Australia’s Aboriginal heritage07/03/2020
    1:03:50
  17. 25.
    Art and social media: do museums need memes?06/26/2020
    1:03:51
  18. 26.
    What to do about problematic statues?06/19/2020
    1:02:57
  19. 27.
    How to visit a gallery during a pandemic06/12/2020
    53:02
  20. 28.
    Let’s talk about race: museums and the battle against white privilege 06/05/2020
    53:34
  21. 29.
    Houston, do we have a problem?05/29/2020
    58:25
  22. 30.
    Raphael: as great as Leonardo and Michelangelo?05/22/2020
    1:06:07
  23. 31.
    Is the future of the art market online?05/15/2020
    1:06:27
  24. 32.
    Exclusive: Marina Abramovic interview05/08/2020
    55:42
  25. 33.
    Can tech recreate the hand of an Old Master?05/01/2020
    1:05:09
  26. 34.
    The end of the blockbuster? Museums in a post-pandemic world04/24/2020
    1:07:58
  27. 35.
    Donald Judd 101: the great artist in depth04/17/2020
    1:09:58
  28. 36.
    Art theft: are museums safe under lockdown?04/10/2020
    59:08
  29. 37.
    Can the art market weather the coronavirus storm?04/03/2020
    1:02:46
  30. 38.
    Saving the art world’s self-employed03/27/2020
    56:55
  31. 39.
    Coronavirus: dispatches from Italy and China03/20/2020
    44:58
  32. 40.
    Titian’s poesie: an in-depth tour of “the most beautiful pictures in the world"03/13/2020
    1:03:49
  33. 41.
    Remembering Ulay03/06/2020
    51:22
  34. 42.
    Surrealism: what was Britain's role?02/28/2020
    47:42
  35. 43.
    Who owns the Parthenon Marbles?02/21/2020
    1:02:32
  36. 44.
    Does Los Angeles want a big art fair?02/14/2020
    47:49
  37. 45.
    Tschabalala Self and radical figurative painting02/07/2020
    45:56
  38. 46.
    A fake Gauguin at the Getty01/31/2020
    48:41
  39. 47.
    2020: art market issues and big shows01/24/2020
    1:04:11
  40. 48.
    2019: the Year in Review12/20/2019
    1:15:10
  41. 49.
    Bananaman: who is Maurizio Cattelan? Plus, art and comedy12/13/2019
    52:54
  42. 50.
    Turner Prize shocker: what next? Plus, Teresita Fernández in Miami12/06/2019
    51:30
  43. 51.
    Troy: the show and the problem with BP sponsorship11/29/2019
    52:56
  44. 52.
    Dora Maar and Jann Haworth: acclaim at last11/22/2019
    54:24
  45. 53.
    Anselm Kiefer interview. Plus, New York auction "gigaweek"11/15/2019
    37:55
  46. 54.
    Tutankhamun in London: Tutmania returns. Plus, Duchamp in the US11/08/2019
    1:00:24
  47. 55.
    Fireworks! Picturing pyrotechnics with professor Simon Werrett11/05/2019
    30:40
  48. 56.
    Dread Scott’s slave revolt reenactment. Plus, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters11/01/2019
    48:51
  49. 57.
    Leonardo at the Louvre: the spectacular show and the Salvator Mundi no-show10/25/2019
    44:22
  50. 58.
    MoMA special: the verdict on the museum opening of the year10/18/2019
    56:46
  51. 59.
    Agnes Denes: environmental art pioneer. Plus, Rembrandt-Velázquez and De Hooch10/11/2019
    48:34
  52. 60.
    Frieze week: Ai Weiwei, Mark Bradford, Peter Doig, Melanie Gerlis, Hettie Judah10/04/2019
    1:33:59
  53. 61.
    Special: is art education in crisis? Featuring Bob and Roberta Smith09/27/2019
    1:07:43
  54. 62.
    Museum ethics. Plus, the Chicago Architecture Biennial09/20/2019
    59:27
  55. 63.
    Tate's William Blake blockbuster. Plus, Pace and the New York gallery boom09/13/2019
    51:46
  56. 64.
    Tim Spall plays Lowry, artists in movies, Chris Ofili and Jasmine Thomas-Girvan09/06/2019
    1:01:11
  57. 65.
    Top of the Pods: David Hockney and other modern British mavericks08/30/2019
    43:58
  58. 66.
    Top of the Pods: The best of the Venice Biennale08/23/2019
    47:34
  59. 67.
    Top of the Pods: Leonardo—the Salvator Mundi saga08/16/2019
    37:46
  60. 68.
    Top of the Pods: video art in the spotlight08/09/2019
    41:16
  61. 69.
    Top of the Pods: Artemisia Gentileschi and the forgotten female Old Masters08/02/2019
    46:53
  62. 70.
    In Memoriam: Karsten Schubert in conversation with Michael Landy08/01/2019
    29:29
  63. 71.
    Top of the Pods: climate crisis with Olafur Eliasson, Justin Brice Guariglia and Anna Somers Cocks07/26/2019
    47:57
  64. 72.
    Top of the Pods: the world of Warhol as told by Jeremy Deller and Donna De Salvo07/19/2019
    58:13
  65. 73.
    Top of the Pods: experts on Van Gogh in the asylum and his early life07/12/2019
    49:51
  66. 74.
    Ibrahim Mahama's ghosts of Ghana. Plus, China's epic Picasso show07/05/2019
    49:48
  67. 75.
    Vermeer's hidden cupid, the Prado's Dutch-Spanish show, plus Helen Cammock06/28/2019
    58:15
  68. 76.
    David Smith in Yorkshire. Plus, the works that inspired leading artists06/21/2019
    38:26
  69. 77.
    Art Basel and William Kentridge06/13/2019
    56:13
  70. 78.
    Painting, identity and injustice: Howardena Pindell and Oscar Murillo06/07/2019
    54:12
  71. 79.
    The rise of the mega-dealers, plus artists take over the Guggenheim05/31/2019
    59:46
  72. 80.
    Manga and Camp: the art of going over the top05/24/2019
    47:20
  73. 81.
    Should museums sell works of art? Plus, activism at the Whitney Biennial05/17/2019
    56:31
  74. 82.
    Venice Biennale special: our review plus, how much longer will the city survive?05/10/2019
    1:06:23
  75. 83.
    Ralph Rugoff on his Venice Biennale concept. Plus, Bernar Venet and Berlin Gallery Weekend05/03/2019
    47:54
  76. 84.
    How did Salvator Mundi go from $1000 to $450m? Plus, the tragic story of Van Gogh’s only love04/26/2019
    50:59
  77. 85.
    The Notre Dame fire and Cold War Steve04/18/2019
    50:23
  78. 86.
    Edvard Munch and The Shed04/12/2019
    50:00
  79. 87.
    Sackler sponsorship: take it or leave it? Plus, museum attendance04/05/2019
    44:33
  80. 88.
    Art Basel Hong Kong, Richard Lin and the Met’s World Between Empires03/29/2019
    57:25
  81. 89.
    David Bailey in focus, plus John Richardson remembered03/22/2019
    43:04
  82. 90.
    Wham! The George Michael auction and the YBA market. Plus, Shezad Dawood03/15/2019
    43:05
  83. 91.
    Carolee Schneemann, the Armory Show and Venice Biennale curators03/08/2019
    56:22
  84. 92.
    Ruskin and Gombrich: revisiting two art historical heavyweights03/01/2019
    53:06
  85. 93.
    Rembrandt special: the complete artist03/01/2019
    54:51
  86. 94.
    Bonus podcast: Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern02/26/2019
    19:52
  87. 95.
    Antony Gormley at the Uffizi, plus portrait miniatures02/22/2019
    1:06:28
  88. 96.
    Can artists live off art alone? Plus, Los Angeles02/15/2019
    1:00:56
  89. 97.
    Tracey Emin on mourning and #MeToo; George Shaw on realism and Rembrandt02/08/2019
    1:00:04
  90. 98.
    Mapplethorpe at the Guggenheim, Bill Viola at the Royal Academy01/25/2019
    49:23
  91. 99.
    Female old masters — prominence at last. Plus, Condo01/18/2019
    57:19
  92. 100.
    2019: Market predictions and the best events01/11/2019
    1:23:21
  93. 101.
    The Year in Review12/21/2018
    1:15:14
  94. 102.
    Should looted African art be returned?12/14/2018
    1:02:50
  95. 103.
    Olafur Eliasson on climate change and the threat to heritage. Plus, Art Basel in Miami Beach12/07/2018
    55:09
  96. 104.
    Edmund de Waal exclusive interview, plus Roma persecution11/30/2018
    45:19
  97. 105.
    The Beatles' White Album: the band, the artist, the dealer. Plus, art in Dubai11/23/2018
    1:00:52
  98. 106.
    David Hockney: exclusive interview with the world's most expensive living artist11/16/2018
    44:50
  99. 107.
    Warhol (part two): Jeremy Deller and Shadows11/13/2018
    43:29
  100. 108.
    Warhol (part one): the Whitney retrospective, in depth11/09/2018
    53:58
  101. 109.
    Don’t call me a woman artist: overlooked Surrealists. Plus, Klimt/Schiele11/02/2018
    45:49
  102. 110.
    Bruce Nauman’s New York takeover. Plus, the British Museum’s new Islamic art galleries10/26/2018
    36:09
  103. 111.
    The Gainsborough murders. Plus, RoseLee Goldberg on performance10/19/2018
    43:03
  104. 112.
    Banksy self destructs at Sotheby’s, plus Bauhaus pioneer Anni Albers10/12/2018
    1:08:31
  105. 113.
    Frieze special: the fair and the top shows, with Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson10/05/2018
    1:03:47
  106. 114.
    Special: the rise and rise of contemporary African art09/28/2018
    1:03:09
  107. 115.
    Courtauld’s Impressionists. Plus, Armenian treasures at the Met09/21/2018
    43:59
  108. 116.
    Van Gogh in the asylum. Plus, Christian Marclay on The Clock09/14/2018
    47:56
  109. 117.
    Episode 39: All about biennials07/06/2018
    39:23
  110. 118.
    Episode 38: Marina Abramovic and Michael Jackson06/29/2018
    31:13
  111. 119.
    Episode 37: Art and football plus John Akomfrah interview06/22/2018
    37:51
  112. 120.
    Episode 36: Berlin Biennale and Art Basel06/15/2018
    34:43
  113. 121.
    Episode 35: Freud, Bacon, Hockney and the post-war London scene; and Signals gallery06/08/2018
    41:32
  114. 122.
    Episode 34: Venice Biennale for architecture, and the Brutalist social housing debate06/01/2018
    36:20
  115. 123.
    Episode 33: Absent friends: Howard Hodgkin's final paintings; Robert Indiana remembered05/25/2018
    33:19
  116. 124.
    Episode 32: The Royal Academy’s new project unveiled: David Chipperfield interview05/18/2018
    44:55
  117. 125.
    Episode 31: The $646m Rockefeller sale. Plus: should big galleries subsidise smaller ones?05/11/2018
    45:56
  118. 126.
    Episode 30: All about Berlin05/04/2018
    42:25
  119. 127.
    Episode 29: Taryn Simon interview, and restoring a Renaissance masterpiece at the Met04/27/2018
    51:26
  120. 128.
    Episode 28: The battle over Ethiopia’s treasures04/20/2018
    34:14
  121. 129.
    Episode 27: The enduring appeal of enigmatic Beuys. Plus, lost masterpieces reborn04/13/2018
    50:21
  122. 130.
    Episode 26: Christo interview, plus museum visitor figures04/06/2018
    46:42
  123. 131.
    Episode 25: Living with Leonardo da Vinci03/28/2018
    41:03
  124. 132.
    Episode 24: Mural-gazing with the Dalai Lama, plus Michael Rakowitz03/23/2018
    43:50
  125. 133.
    Episode 23: The death of Venice?03/16/2018
    35:27
  126. 134.
    Episode 22: The genius of Picasso03/09/2018
    37:06
  127. 135.
    Episode 21: Photography special: from Victorian pioneers to 2018 prize contenders03/02/2018
    42:11
  128. 136.
    Episode 20: Yes to Picasso, no to Van Gogh: the Rockefellers’ collection02/23/2018
    42:05
  129. 137.
    Episode 19: Klimt and Schiele plus Songs for Sabotage02/16/2018
    37:32
  130. 138.
    Episode 18: Talking politics with Cornelia Parker and the future of ivory02/09/2018
    35:36
  131. 139.
    Episode 17: Real or fake? The suspicious Russian avant-garde show in Ghent02/02/2018
    37:24
  132. 140.
    Episode 16: Charles I at the Royal Academy—an exhibition fit for a king01/26/2018
    32:02
  133. 141.
    Episode 15: What will 2018 hold for the art world?01/19/2018
    34:23
  134. 142.
    Episode 14: The top stories of 201712/22/2017
    51:01
  135. 143.
    Episode 13: The dark side of the art market12/15/2017
    41:37
  136. 144.
    Episode 12: Old Masters after the Leonardo and Art Basel Miami Beach12/08/2017
    33:30
  137. 145.
    Episode 11: Antiquities now and Rose Wylie12/01/2017
    32:03
  138. 146.
    Episode 10: Restoring Iraq’s heritage, plus the complex politics of First Nations art11/24/2017
    32:10
  139. 147.
    Episode 9: $450m! The Leonardo breaks all records11/17/2017
    28:56
  140. 148.
    Abu Dhabi Focus episode three: How the UAE art scene became a force to be reckoned with11/10/2017
    25:29
  141. 149.
    Abu Dhabi Focus episode two: How Saudi artists are driving political change11/10/2017
    22:09
  142. 150.
    Abu Dhabi Focus episode one: Louvre Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Art11/08/2017
    18:35
  143. 151.
    Episode 8: How hackers are attacking the art world11/03/2017
    31:33
  144. 152.
    Episode 7: The Tale of an Old Master forgery scandal10/27/2017
    40:17
  145. 153.
    Episode 6: Trouble at Unesco, plus Art and Terror10/20/2017
    32:45
  146. 154.
    Episode 5: What’s the story behind the $100m Leonardo?10/13/2017
    30:31
  147. 155.
    Episode 4: Frieze special with Peter Blake10/06/2017
    42:18
  148. 156.
    Episode 3: How the Getty is shaping southern California’s art scene09/29/2017
    30:12
  149. 157.
    Episode 2: Zeitz Mocaa and London autumn preview09/22/2017
    41:19
  150. 158.
    Episode 1: Nazi Loot and Rachel Whiteread09/15/2017
    30:16
  151. 159.
    The Art Newspaper Weekly – coming soon!09/07/2017
    1:03

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