The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Podcast

In this edition of the podcast, Pavenpreet Kaur joins us to do a deep dive of the wonderful poetry and short stories of Jasvir Kang that were featured in our exhibition, Stories That Made Us - Roots, Resilience, Representation.

For this podcast, we welcome actor and filmmaker, Manjinder Virk, to discuss the films that she produced for the exhibition, Stories That Made Us: Roots, Resilience, Representation, exploring the creative process as well as the inspirations behind the works.

In the first of our Transport Talks series, Joe Elliott talks through the family business, Elliotts of Coventry.  Founded in 1908, Elliotts became a staple for car enthusiasts seeking parts for a wide range of cars.  

We invite co-curator Hardish Virk to talk about the exhibition, Stories That Made Us: Roots, Resilience & Representation, and discuss where those themes are explored within the show. 

Thom Walker hosts Ali Wells from the Herbert’s collections team who tells us about the life of author George Eliot, who spent her early life in Coventry and the surrounding area, and about the possessions of hers that can be found in the Herbert’s collection, including her grand piano and items of jewellery.

Martin Roberts and Ali Wells from the Herbert's Collections team talk with artist Cora Sehgal Cuthbert about the artwork she is creating for the Herbert's collection and the Herbert's approach to collecting as highlighted in the current Collecting Coventry exhibition.

To mark the opening of The Addis X Coventry Photographic exhibition at Herbert, Community Coordinator, Indy Donald speaks to Curatorial Manager, Martin Roberts and Emmanuelle Henry-Cottrell of House of Emanuel I&I C.I.C. about their connection between Ethiopia and England and the work that they do with communities to help them explore their heritage and tell their stories.

In this episode, Kerrie Suteu and Jack Nelson of The Herbert speak to Nicola Schauerman of Genetic Moo about the new digital interactive exhibition, Microworld, that has opened at The Herbert; discussing inspirations, the power of creative coding and the possibilities of new technologies. 

Marianne Taviner and Nicola Richardson, who together are Vortex Creates, get together to talk about their show, Joy… Inspired by nature, which many of you will have visited over the summer. Discussing what inspired it, how the exhibition was put together, and about what brings them joy!

On this edition of the Herbert Podcast we take a look at the amazing new exhibition at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Collection Coventry which is open until April 2025. To mark this, we talked to Ali and Martin, who curate the collections, who gave us some insight into what the show is about as well as into the life of a museum curator.

In order to mark the opening of the new exhibition at the Herbert, After The End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 - 2024, we sat down with curator of the show, Johny Pitts, and local documentary photographer, Alan Van Wijgerden to have a wide ranging discussion around the themes of photography, culture and class.

In this second episode of the City is Full of Noises series of podcasts, Jack and Dom speak to synthesiser designer and Coventry local, Rick Holt, founder of Frequency Central, about how he found is way into the world of electronic music and circuit design.

Inspired by Wildlife Photographer of the Year, we talk to Warwickshire Wildlife Trust about capturing nature in photographs and what we can do to help nature and wildlife. Ian Jelley, Director of Landscape Recovery at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and Karl Curtis, Director of Nature Reserves, talk about about hopes for the future, local reserves and the wildlife that can be seen in Warwickshire and...

Join curator Ali Wells and community member and social historian Mark Johnson in a discussion about the history of the Jewish community in Coventry, focussing on the 19th century watchmakers. Hear about a quillmaker turned philanthropist, producers of world-class pocket watches as well as Suffragist and a scientist turned painter and poet. Mark and Ali’s chat draws upon newly opened displays in th...

The City is Full of Noises is an annual festival of electronic music that takes place at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. In the first episode of this series, Jack speaks to Dom, one of the founders of the festival, about what inspired it and what makes it so special.

How do landscape paintings reinforce or challenge traditional power structures?  Drawing on both Eastern and Western art traditions, British-Chinese artist Gordon Cheung encourages us to question the assumptions of familiar landscape paintings, which often reflect the politics of a world where history is written by the victors.  Now on display in Divided Selves, his painting Megalopolis is inspire...

What does home mean to you? From childhood memories to national identities, Sophie Ernst’s HOME explores what the idea represents to people who have been forced to leave their homes behind.    Over several years, Sophie has built up an archive of interviews with artists, architects and historians, all with direct experience of migration. During each interview, she asks her subjects to draw out a f...

From family recipes and rituals to snacks on the street, food plays a huge part in shaping our identities and structuring our day-to-day lives. It’s part of the power of Sofia Karim’s Turbine Bagh series, which transforms something as ordinary and everyday as street food wrapping into an eye-catching tool for political protest. Developed in response to the female-led Shaheen Bagh protests in India...

How do we build the kind of world we want to live in? In the first episode of our Divided Selves podcast, artist, architect and activist Sofia Karim explores the structures that uphold power in societies – both literally and metaphorically.  An Architecture of Disappearance is a series of small-scale architectural models inspired by Sofia’s correspondence with political prisoners. After years of w...

How do we build the kind of world we want to live in? In the first episode of our Divided Selves podcast, artist, architect and activist Sofia Karim explores the structures that uphold power in societies – both literally and metaphorically.    An Architecture of Disappearance is a series of small-scale architectural models inspired by Sofia’s correspondence with political prisoners. After years of...