The Curator's Salon - The Art Podcast

Formerly known as the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, the gallery on the beach has been rebranded as the Hastings Contemporary and moves from a gallery model with a collection to a Kunsthalle model. In this episode I talk to Liz Gilmore, the director of the Hastings Contemporary about the new model for exhibitions, the focus on modern British and international painting and their outreach program. @_a...

For this episode of the podcast, I met up with Kaia Charle s and Jemima Burrill - the curators at the Greenwich Peninsula site which includes the Now Gallery, to talk about their work commissioning art for the gallery and the public spaces on the estate. In summer 2019 a new area of the development will open to the public and include riverside walks which include public art installations. Known as...

Sarah Hamilton is my guest and she talks about the impact of Just a Card - a campaign that encourages people to buy from independent makers, artists, designers, shops and galleries. We discuss the poster campaign on London Underground, in association with Funding Circle, how she secured sitters for her posters from the world of stage and screen and working with a sponsor. Follow Sarah Hamilton on...

Lori is an artist whose current body of work uses Catullus's poem 64 as a point of departure. She trained as a painter and uses photography and considers her work as performative. Her influences include Raphael, El Greco and Rembrandt and in particular their use of chiaroscuro and drapery as emotive gestures. She uses the poem to explore emotions from ancient texts with contemporary references. Lo...

I was at the opening week of the Venice Biennale and met up with Anna Lowe and Charlie Levine while I was there. We got together to talk about our favourite pavilions, artists, installations and everything else. In this episode we talk about Swinguerra at the Brazil Pavilion, the group show at the Ghana Pavilion, Arthur Jafa's film White Noise, Giudecca Art District as an emerging art destination...

Sara Shakeel is a self taught digital artist who has moved into sculpture and brings her first solo show to the Now Gallery at Greenwich Peninsula, London. Ahead of the exhibition, The Great Supper, Sara and I talked about her journey into the art world. We talk about happiness, social media, her quote ‘every picture heals a part of me and I hope it heals a part of you too’ and her successes as an...

Anne Claire Fleer is an artist whose work is around body positivity and female empowerment. She paints her clients with body paint to blend in with her abstract paintings. Her work attracts women who have body image issues and gives them the confidence to celebrate their bodies. Fleer talks about her work and experience of different art fairs, and her plans for the year ahead. See the full notes w...

Lauren Baker is a multidisciplinary artist working from her studio in London. She talks about having an epiphany while in Peru and henceforth becoming an artist. Her work combines spiritual teachings with her interest in research based science, particularly astronomy and developments in our understanding of the big bang and space beyond planet earth. Her first show in a pub basement led to working...

Caroline Jane Harris is my guest on this episode of the podcast. She talks about her exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery in Wandsworth, London, titled A Three Dimensional Sky. She talks about using printmaking techniques in her art work, images as physical objects, reducing images to bit map files and then rebuilding them into the art works, and her recent fellowship. See the full post with...

Danny Treacy is a London based artist who talks about his work in this episode of the podcast. His materials are sourced from the River Thames and Epping Forest which he activates to create his art works. He talks about rivers and green spaces as filters where people leave behind evidence of activity. He discusses items of clothing and other things he finds as signifiers of activity, which can be...

Gina Soden is a fine art photographer with a fascination for derelict architecture. She travels around the world seeking decayed and abandoned buildings which become the subjects of her beautiful images. Once loved ball rooms, halls, country houses which have been vacant for decades are her favourite subject matters. Her images show how nature has often grown into the empty spaces on one hand brea...

Gita Joshi talks to Gary Mansfield on this episode of the podcast. She talks about her entry into the art world. her work as an art dealer, curator, podcaster and artists mentor. Sign up for the newsletter here Follow me on Instagram @thegitajoshi Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegitajoshi/ Follow me on Substack https://substack.com/@thegitajoshi Follow me on TikTok https://www....

London Art Critic, Tabish Khan is my guest on the podcast today. We talk about the 1000 exhibitions he visits each year in London, using social media to grow his audience, and he shares his top tips for artists who are exhibiting their work. We talk about the random requests we get from artists to review their work, and how artists can improve their chances for a response. Tabish also talks about...

Gary Mansfield was sentenced to 14 years in prison for an offence he didnt commit. During his time in prison he developed a love of art thanks to his art tutor. From his cell he began writing to various high profile artists and developed a correspondence with them, many of which have since been guests on his own podcast. He spent a lot of time reading and studying in his cell and became hugely inf...

Rachel Spencer is a business strategist and Instagram expert and in this episode talks about building a personal brand and how to use Instagram for success. We talked about how Rachel started out on Instagram talking about body image issues, evolved into a life coach and more recently a business coach. She has used Instagram to grow a large audience, reach media, and continue her work around body...

Ever wondered how to take part in the Venice Biennale ? This episode goes behind the scenes at the Venice Biennale, which is comprised of 3 layers. The National pavilions show work that represents each country that is taking part. The collateral events are exhibitions that have a more independent status, and often by groups or institutions, these can take place at the Giardini or the Arsenale, or...

Carrie Brummer talks about her current project which was inspired by a visit to the US National Archives. While living in the Middle East, Carrie formed an online community called Artists Strong, to stay in touch with more artists. The US National Archives revealed images of women in the 1940s who had taken jobs that were traditionally taken up by men, however with the men away at war, the women t...

Danielle Prahl is my guest today and she talks about mindset for artists who want to get to the next level. She discusses how mindset for success is tied in with success in other areas of our lives. In this episode Danielle also talks about stepping into the version of you who lives at the level you desire, in all aspects of life and work. Mindset is the biggest challenge for many artists particul...

Monaco based artist, Johanna Rossi is todays guest on the podcast. She talks about how motherhood brought her back to art a a channel to explore her relationship with the world. After an early career circling the creative industries Johanna found herself in recovery from health problems after the birth of her first child. She became a health coach but soon realised that this part of her journey wa...

Jeremy Wolff is the artist in residence at the Empire State Building, this is a title he assumed in Jan 2019. Jeremy started his art career in 2014 and committed to it full time going all in. Since starting he has pursued various opportunities including galleries to show his work and take it to major art fairs, collaborations with brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and getting media attention and appea...

I answer the questions from my audience about art pricing - Should I list my prices online? When should I raise prices for my art? and how do art prices rise? Details of my latest program for artists taking part in Fairs can be found here Follow me on Instagram @thegitajoshi Visit the website https://thecuratorssalon.com/ Join my group for artists on Facebook Sign up for the newsletter here Follow...

An episode dedicated to artists fairs - why sell at an artists fair, how to choose the right one for you, what to do once you are accepted for the fair, and how to use the event to grow your sales and collector base. In this episode I go into a deep dive of how an artists fair can be a great stepping stone in an artists career, give them invaluable experience and how to use the event to attract ne...

In this episode with Tia Lynn, we talk about the benefits of hiring a business coach to grow your art business. You don't always need to hire a coach in your niche, but someone who has been there already and understands what you need to grow is important. We discuss how this can save you time as the investment means you are making time to focus and grow your business and art practice. If you have...

Rich and I met in 2014 and I invited him on the podcast to talk about collaboration and what it truly means for artists to use this as part of their creative practice. We discuss how it differs from participation, and he says a true collaboration is one where all parties involved are bringing something to the table and each person is growing their own practice. It is not about having an idea and t...

Lucy Bryant is an artist working in digital print, original collage and sculpture. All of her work reflects her fascination with consumerism and applying contemporary motifs onto vintage paintings and figurines. In this episode we talk about how she learned to use polymer clay watching hours of youtube videos, being found by he first gallery and the exposure she received after producing plates to...