Art and Other Futures

In this episode we'll be speaking with Benjamin Seroussi, curator and artistic director of Casa do Povo Sao Paulo. In 2012 Ben took up the directorship of a run down and all but forgotten jewish cultural centre in the heart of Sao Paulo Brazil. Through his leadership, establishing a radically inclusive and collaborative operational structure, Casa do Povo or the House of the People, has blossomed...

In this episode we'll be speaking with Professor Tessa Giblin, Director of Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh. Tessa's curatorial practice engages with issues being digested as part of the national conversation, championing art and exhibitions as platforms for complex histories and debates, pushing back against polarisation. 

In this episode I'm talking with Martyn Evans, Creative Director at Landsec with responsibility for developing and delivering the company's public art and cultural engagement programmes. From the annual commissions on fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square to the Angel of the North or a Banksy appearing in Cheltenham, public art projects are the most visible and accessible manifestations of co...

In this episode I'm talking with Francesca Anfossi, artist and co-founder of Rochester Square in London. In 2016 Francesca and her partner Eric bought Rochester Square a derelict plant nursary in Camden, North London and established a dynamic Ceramics Studio and Garden dedicated to socially engaged projects and artistic collaborations. Drawing together the central elements of Francesca's creative...

In this episode I'm speaking with Art Historian and Philanthropy Advisor Leslie Ramos. Leslie's extensive experience around philanthropy, fundraising and patronage for arts organisations led her to found The Twentieth - an arts and philanthropy advisory. Alongside numerous roles working with non profits, in 2023 she published Philanthropy in the Arts: A game of give and take with Lund Humprhies. ...

In this episode I'm speaking with Caroline Norbury CEO and Founder of Creative UK. Creative UK as founded in 2021 with the objective of supporting creative businesses across England by connecting them to the money, markets and networks they needed to grow. The Creative Industries are among the most successful sectors in the UK's economy contributing more than £124bn gross value in 2022 and employi...

In this episode I'm speaking with Elinor Morgan, a writer and curator and Artistic Director at MiMA - the Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art. For more than 10 years MIMA, part of Teesside University, has been at the forefront of producing ideas and programmes   transforming the ways that museums operate and interact with their communities and publics, radically changing approaches to working w...