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Painting of the Week Podcast
Film Director Phil Grabsky and art-lover Laura Bentham meet each week to talk about paintings that inspire or excite them. Listen to their ‘Painting of the Week’ and explore some of the world’s most amazing art. For more information and to see the artwork being discussed please visit www.seventh-art.com/podcast
Podcasting since 2021 • 98 episodes
Painting of the Week Podcast
Latest Episodes
Season 7 Ep 5: Caravaggio, Victorious Cupid
A real treat for you in this episode, as Phil goes on a field trip to London to meet with Xavier Bray, Director of the Wallace Collection, and discuss one of Caravaggio’s most controversial works, the focus of their current exhibition, running ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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35:53
Season 7 Ep 4: Hermann Herzog, Sunset in the Florida Hammocks
For this week's episode, Phil speaks with author & art dealer Deborah Pollack about Hermann Herzog’s steamy Florida wilderness, which he depicted in over 300 paintings, earning him the unofficial status as 'the artist of Florida.'
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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35:49
Season 7 ep. 3: Cecilia Beaux, Twilight Confidences
Captivated by Breton peasants in their striking costumes on a summer trip to the countryside in 1888, the wonderful American artist Cecilia Beaux was honing her skills with this intriguing portrait. The influence of the French impressionists wo...
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27:43
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Season 7, ep 2: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Joseph Wright of Derby
This week’s focus in an artist who has been called ‘the British Caravaggio’. This eerie candlelit scene shows a scientific experiment in the ‘Age of Reason’, capturing the drama of the event, the limits of human knowledge and the fragility of l...
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34:51
Season 7 ep. 1: Whistler, Whistler’s Mother
It’s a new year and a new season of Painting of the Week! We’re starting off with one of the 20th century’s best-known artworks, beloved for its technical skill and its touching depiction of dignity in old age, and fascinating thanks to the art...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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29:52
