Powered by RND
PodcastsArtsShows that Go On
Listen to Shows that Go On in the App
Listen to Shows that Go On in the App
(7,438)(250,057)
Save favourites
Alarm
Sleep timer

Shows that Go On

Podcast Shows that Go On
Malika Browne
Why do some museum exhibitions achieve legendary status? Why are some shows still talked and thought about long after they are over? From Tutankhamen (1972) to...

Available Episodes

5 of 10
  • S2: E3 Sensation, 1997
    In this episode Malika Browne talks to art historian and author Dr Ben Street about the shocking exhibition Sensation at the Royal Academy in London in 1997, and describes the rise of the YBAs (Young British Artists) and what a pivotal moment it was for British art in the decade when the UK was dubbed Cool Britannia. Further Reading:Lucky Kunst by Gregor MuirThis is a Froody Music production. Thanks to Martin Lumsden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    --------  
    48:56
  • S2: E2 The Great Exhibition
    In this episode Malika Browne talks to journalist, novelist and biographer A N Wilson about the Great Exhibition of 1851, which took place in Hyde Park over six months and attracted over 6 million visitors. The profit from the wildly popular international commercial exhibition led to the founding of London’s now famous South Kensington museums, and the area known as Albertopolis. The Royal Commission for the 1851 exhibition goes on to this day, dispensing grants to scientists.Further Reading:Prince Albert: The man who saved the monarchy by A N WilsonThe World for a Shilling by Michael Leapmanhttps://royalcommission1851.org/This is a Froody Music production. Thanks to Martin Lumsden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    --------  
    43:59
  • S2: E1 Manet and the Post Impressionists
    In this episode, art historian and curator David Boyd Haycock describes Roger Fry’’s legendary exhibition, Manet and the Post Impressionists held at the Grafton Galleries in 1910. In her essay Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, Virginia Woolf wrote that on or about 1910, “human character changed”, a statement generally accepted to be a reference to the Post Impressionists show. Further Reading:A Crisis of Brilliance by David Boyd HaycockRoger Fry, an autobiography by Virginia Woolf The Sultan of Zanzibar by Martyn Downer about the spectacular hoaxes of Horace de Vere Cole, including the Dreadnought Hoax of 1910. Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown - an essay by Virginia WoolfThis is an Ictus Media production, edited by Leo Hornak and produced by Howie Shannon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    --------  
    43:28
  • S1: E6 The Armory Show, 1913
    In this episode, art historian Irene Walsh describes the now legendary Armory Show of 1913 in New York City. Irene wrote her PhD on art collector Lillie P Bliss, and she tells us about the groundbreaking show's shock value, the mockery that surrounded some of the paintings in it, and their unexpected effects on the American public and the art market. She tells us how the show led to the founding of New York's MoMa in 1929.Further Reading:The Story of the Armory Show by Milton W Brown, Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. 1988The Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution by Kushner, Orcutt and Blake, 2013The chapter on the Armory show in The Shock of the New: Seven Historic Exhibitions of Modern Art by Ian Dunlop, 1972This is an Ictus Media production, edited by Leo Hornak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    --------  
    37:53
  • S1: E5 Seeing Salvation, 2000
    In this episode, guest Dr Xavier Bray, director of the Wallace Collection, describes the surprise hit exhibition in London in 2000: Seeing Salvation, Image of Christ, at the National Gallery. He shares his memories of being an assistant (and very junior) curator of the show and explains why images of Christ still resonate and matter. He talks about the impact of art on us and suggests what sort of exhibition the world perhaps needs at this troubled time.Further Reading:The Image of Christ: The Catalogue of the Exhibition "Seeing Salvation" (National Gallery of London) by Gabriele Finaldi (2000-11-10)Seeing Salvation by Neil MacGregor and Erika Langmuir (2000)This is an Ictus Media production, edited by Leo Hornak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    --------  
    39:28

More Arts podcasts

About Shows that Go On

Why do some museum exhibitions achieve legendary status? Why are some shows still talked and thought about long after they are over? From Tutankhamen (1972) to Francis Bacon (1988), from the Surrealists exhibition (1923) to Sensation (1997), in every episode I discuss a show that changed everything with an expert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast website

Listen to Shows that Go On, Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud and many other podcasts from around the world with the radio.net app

Get the free radio.net app

  • Stations and podcasts to bookmark
  • Stream via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
  • Supports Carplay & Android Auto
  • Many other app features
Social
v7.1.1 | © 2007-2024 radio.de GmbH
Generated: 12/26/2024 - 8:12:51 PM