Jo's Art History Podcast

Hello and welcome back to a new episode of Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize. The week we deep dive into the life and work of the brilliant sculptor Richard Serra. Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠josarthistory@gmail.com⁠⁠ Please support the podcast by buying me a book from my Amazon Wishlist - t...

Hello and welcome back to a new episode of Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize. The week we deep dive into the wonderful world of Yayoi Kusama and her pumpkins! Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠josarthistory@gmail.com⁠⁠ Please support the podcast by buying me a book from my Amazon Wishlist - this w...

Hello and welcome back to a new episode of Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize. The week we deep dive into Tavares Strachan’s The First Supper, an incredible monumental work of public sculpture. Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠josarthistory@gmail.com⁠⁠ Please support the podcast by buying me a boo...

Hello and welcome back to a new episode of Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize. The week we deep dive into Judy Chicago’s  incredible work The Dinner Party. Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠josarthistory@gmail.com⁠⁠ Please support the podcast by buying me a book from my Amazon Wishlist - this will...

Hello and welcome back to a new episode of Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize. The week we deep dive into Sir Frederic Leighton masterpiece Flaming June. Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠josarthistory@gmail.com⁠⁠ Please support the podcast by buying me a book from my Amazon Wishlist - this will go...

Matt Collishaw: Last Meal on Death Row. (Bitesize episode) Hello and welcome back to a new season of Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize, small manageable podcast episode that see me, Jo McLaughlin, your resident host and art historian deep dive into a specific artwork or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week on Jo’s Art History Podcast Bitesize we take a deep dive into Mat Collishaw’s series Last...

Hello All - I have an little update about the podcast and I’m exciting to announce new episodes are incoming :) Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠josarthistory@gmail.com⁠⁠ Please support the podcast by buying me a book from my Amazon Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the podcast:...

Welcome back to PART 5 of my series ‘Art of the Deal’ and the final episode of Season 3. This time I'm taking you on a whistle-stop tour of the life of contemporary mega dealer Larry Gagosian. Larry Gagosian, best known as the founder and owner of Gagosian Gallery, a now chain of 19 galleries and spaces across the world, is arguably one of the greatest living dealers ever to grace the art worl...

Welcome back to PART 5 of my series ‘Art of the Deal’ and the final episode of Season 3. This time I'm taking you on a whistle-stop tour of the life of contemporary mega dealer Larry Gagosian. Larry Gagosian, best known as the founder and owner of Gagosian Gallery, a now chain of 19 galleries and spaces across the world, is arguably one of the greatest living dealers ever to grace the art worl...

Hello and welcome back. This week we have a great episode all about the history of Art Medals with British artist (and medal designer) Elliot Birt. Art medals and artists whom design medals is certainly an unusual topic / medium of sculpture but a completely facinating one. Of there many benefits, they are also an incredibly accessible way to collect small scale sculptures. Join Elliot and myself...

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. Today I’m joined by artist Phil Barton to discuss the groundbreaking artist Gustave Metzger. A pioneer of protest and political art activism, Metzger developed the concept of  ⁠Auto-Destructive Art⁠  and the  ⁠Art Strike⁠ . He went on to forge a career which saw retrospectives held at TATE and The Serpentine Gallery. Metzger is an artist I had no...

Hello and welcome back this week we are talking all thing Faves and Fauvism with British artist Loïs Cordelia.  Fauvism  is a style of painting and an  art movement  that emerged in France at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the style of  les Fauves  ( French  for  the wild beasts ), a group of  modern artists  whose works emphasised painterly qualities and strong colour over the  represe...

Hello and welcome back! This week I'm joined by British Surrealist artist Rosalynd Byass to discuss Surrealism and how important the genre is as a way of exploring and expressing mental health. Enjoy! Videos Introducing Surrealism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP2JS4vDvNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH1uXlm9qoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtXjirMWpmE This is excellent:  https://www.y...

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I speak to artist Emma Hoten about the British Landscape painter, Fred  Cuming RA. Fred is an artist I knew nothing about and, as I admit in the episode, would never really have paid attention to. But Emma’s passion for Fred’s work is infectious and I loved recording this episode with her. It not only taught me about a British Landscape...

Why is art important? It's the question I ask every guest. Let's deep dive back into four past responses and see where it takes us. Jo x

Happy New Year and Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week my guest is contemporary artist and double olympian Neil Eckersley. We discuss Neil’s olympic journey, the history of art at the Olympics and Neil’s contemporary artistic practice. It’s a great episode to kick off the new year - enjoy!! :) Links: Neil’s Website: https://www.olyart.co.uk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ecker...

It’s the end of 2023 and it has certainly been a big one for Jo’s Art History podcast! Join me as I share 5 highlights from the past year which included: My most shared episode. My most meaningful episode. The episode I am most proud of. My most challenging episode to record. My most streamed episode in 2023! Listen and find out. Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthis...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I discuss the brilliant Yoko Ono with returning guest Gemma Louise. Enjoy! Yoko Ono https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono Liverpool Museum Show Mentioned:  https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/museum-of-liverpool/exhibition/double-fantasy-john-yoko https://magazine.artland.com/female-iconoclasts-yoko-ono/ Grapefruit https://monoskop.org/i...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I review the blockbuster BANKSY: CUT & RUN exhibition which took place in Glasgow between June - August 2023. Enjoy! Cut and Run website: https://cutandrun.co.uk/ Glasgow Life Banksy Shop: https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/collections/banksy-cut-run Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠ Website: ⁠https://www....

Welcome back - this week I speak to returning guest Mimi Cullen all about the incredible artist Tracey Emin. Mimi's love and passion for Emin is infectious and has clearly been a guiding light in Mimi's own personal practise and business NI Studios. Thank you Mimi for this great conversation. Enjoy! Guest: Mimi Cullen Insta: https://www.instagram.com/n.i.studios/ Website: https://www.nistu...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. On today’s episode famous art cameos returns for PART 3! Nico Paws returns to the podcast to discuss 4 famous works which make famous appearances in famous TV programmes. Enjoy! Notes of the episodes: Noah Davis: https://brooklynrail.org/2020/02/artseen/Noah-Davis https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2021/noah-davis https://elephant.art/a-deeply-person...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which allow me, Jo McLaughlin, you resident host and art historian to deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we are discussing on of Glasgow’s most celebrated paintings Windows In The West by Avril Paton. Want to connect? Email: josarthistory@gmail.com Instagram: @josarthistory Please c...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week is all about the brilliant performance artists Marina Abramović. The Artist Is Present https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/964  Imponderabilia 1977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5f1ouKFdk https://www.wikiart.org/en/marina-abramovic/imponderabilia Rhythm 0 - 1974 https://artincontext.org/rhythm-0/ https://www.wikiart.org/en/marina-abramo...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size. This week we are discussing on of Scotland’s most celebrated art works and installations: Little Sparta by Ian Hamilton Finley. Resource Links: https://www.littlesparta.org.uk/about/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jee-4F0Xwxg Want to connect? Email: josarthistory@gmail.com Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book f...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite-Size - small manageable podcast episodes that deep dive into a specific artwork or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we take a look at the incredible painting entitled The Druids: Bringing in the Mistletoe by George Henry  &  Edward Atkinson Hornel . Want to connect? Email: josarthistory@gmail.com Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the p...