Jo's Art History Podcast

Welcome back art history lovers to the Jo's Art History Podcast! It's episode 20 and today I sit down with British artist Hannah Lingard to discuss the colourful world of David Hockney! A key figure in British contemporary art - Hockney’s love of colour is one of the artist’s defining features! Something else Hockney is known for is his love of exploration and not pigeonholing his artistic practis...

It’s Episode 19 and today we are all about ART NOUVEAU!!! This dreamy movement within art history is characterised by its whiplash waves and women who look like they are straight out of your dizzy daydreams! This week I welcome back Scottish Illustrator Nicole McLaughlin aka Nico Paws to talk about the work of the godfather of Art Nouveau - Alphonse Mucha! Mucha is responsible for some of Art Nouv...

It’s Episode 18! Welcome back to the Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week, I sit down with Art Historian and artist Ally Zlatar for a really thought provoking discussion all around the use of animals in contemporary art and the moral questions this can provoke. From artists living in pig pens and floating sharks in tanks; to fish in blenders and painted elephants. Ally and I talk about the lack of...

It’s Episode 17 and if you, like the rest of the world, have fallen in love with Bridgerton - THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU. Join me as I take you on an in-depth tour of the first ever depiction of a Bridgerton style marriage drama series in the form of William Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode. This six part series has it all!! Love, loss, money and betrayal! It’s very messy with a very serious warning - wh...

LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION!!!  It’s episode 16!!  This week illustrator Nicole McLaughlin a.k.a Nico Paws is BACK and this week Jo and Nicole talk about 6 famous works of art which have made special cameo appearances in some of Hollywood’s biggest and best love movies. From boy wizards & Frozen swings to Holiday romances & sinking ships - try and stop yourself from proclaiming AS IF...

IT’S EPISODE 15!! Today I sit down with the incredibly talented British Photographic artist Kerry Curl to discuss the powerhouse British artist that is TRACEY EMIN. To many, Emin needs no introduction. The baptised ‘Bad Girl’ of the art world, Tracey is associated with the group of artists known as the YBAs (Young British Artist) who took the London art scene by storm in the Late 1980s and 1990s!...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! And what a way to kick off the year on Jo's Art History Podcast!! It’s Episode 14 and on today’s podcast Jo sits down with artist Gary Mansfield, artist, podcaster and arts for all activists who says art saved him. It was during an art class one day while Gary was serving a 14 year prison sentence that he came across the work of Ray Richardson, and the rest they say is history!...

Welcome to episode 13 of the Jo's Art History Podcast. Unlucky for some, but not today, as Jo sits down with art and fashion historian Robert McCaffrey to discuss one of Britain's best loved designers - Alexander McQueen and his love/exploration of the sublime. Art and fashion have an interesting way of infusing and Robert takes Jo through the concept of the Sublime, McQueen's inspirations from wi...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! IT’S CHRISTMAS!!!! So, what better way to spread the art history love and joy at this time of year than bringing you A BONUS EPISODE of the Jo’s Art History podcast!!! On today’s episode I talk to you about one of art history’s greatest stories of looted art - Gustav Klimt's Portrait of...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On today’s episode, Jo brings you PART 3 of her 'Art of the Deal' series which sees Jo delve into some of art history’s greatest dealers! Today - it’s time to introduce you to the INCREDIBLE and ICONIC Peggy Guggenheim who, although better known for her collector status, was a key drivin...

It’s episode 11 and on today’s podcast Jo is joined by Lynne Hanley - art historian, writer and London based tour guide to discuss the secret lives of Titian’s incredible series known as the Poesie ! The Poesie are a series of 6 paintings completed by the great Italian artist, Titian, under the patronage of the future King Philip II of Spain BUT Lynne is going to be giving us a different take on t...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! It's episode 10! We have made it all the way to double digits people!  Very exciting indeed!  So, to celebrate, we thought we would bring you something a little different! On today’s podcast, Jo welcomes back Nicole McLaughlin, a.k.a Scottish illustrator Nico Paws, to bring you...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On today’s podcast Jo sits down with Rebecca Milford, founder of cosmic cures, about one of the 20th century’s most iconic figures - FRIDA KAHLO. Frida Kahlo is a larger than life icon in today’s society, but throughout her life suffered not only immense pain due to an accident which hap...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast. A podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day. On today’s podcast, Jo sits down with Antique Jeweller Yachu Yang to discuss one of history’s most depicted pearls - Charles I’s pearl earring. Given to the King in his youth, this pearl was so loved by the King he not only wore it every day of his life, he famously wore it to his behead...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On today’s podcast Jo sits down with her colleague and friend Celia Morand to discuss the history of one of the world greatest known paintings - The Mona Lisa. It would not be an art history podcast without at least one episode dedicated to the incredible history which surrounds this wor...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On Todays podcast, Jo brings you PART 2 of her 'Art of the Deal' series which sees Jo delve into some of art history’s greatest dealers! Today - it’s time to introduce you to the UNBELIEVABLE Sir Joseph Duveen who lead his father’s dealership - The Duveen Brothers- to dizzying new height...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On today’s podcast Jo sits down with culture and lifestyle blogger and fellow museum worker Lauren Mallin about a subject close to her heart - The Disney Archives! Having come across Lauren’s ‘A-Z Disney History' on Instagram, Jo knew she just had to chat to Lauren about all things Disne...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On today’s podcast, Jo sits down with Illustrator Nyassa HInde to discuss a topic close to her heart - PUGS! Yip, that’s right! Today we track the development and representation of this popular little dog through three paintings by artist William Hogarth. Hogarth was a super star painter...

On this episode of the Jo’s Art History Podcast, Jo McLaughlin speaks to Scottish Illustrator Nicole McLaughlin a.k.a Nicopaws about a work of art which has had a massive impact on her – Keith Haring’s Silence = Death. In this episode, we discuss the history of the piece, the Aids epidemic of the 1980s in America and Keith’s love of art for all. As discussed in the podcast, you can learn more abou...

Welcome to the Jo’s art history podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day! On Todays podcast, Jo chats to award winning Blue Badge London Tour Guide Katie Wignall about one of London’s more controversial buildings - The Barbican Estate. Join host Jo McLaughlin and she and Katie discuss the history of this fascinating Brutalist building Guest : Katie Wignall Web...

Welcome to the Jo’s Art History Podcast, a podcast which celebrates all things art historical every single day!  On today’s episode, Jo brings you PART 1 of her 'Art of the Deal' series which sees Jo delve into some of art history’s greatest dealers! Today - it’s time to introduce you to the INCREDIBLE Paul Durand -Ruel who was the driving force behind helping the Impressionist painters becom...