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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
Episodes
89 episodes
Season 6 Ep 7: Zdeněk Dvořák, Czech Tradition
This visceral photograph of a butcher at work, chosen by special guest World Food Awards founder Caroline Keynon, brings up issues surrounding the importance of food in preserving cultural heritage...
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27:34
Season 6 Ep 6: Henri Matisse, Woman Reading at a Yellow Table
In this episode, Phil and Laura talk to Christopher Gorham, author of the fascinating new book ‘Matisse and Art Under the Nazis’, and explore how Matisse and other artists of the time navigated the occupation, avoiding arrest whilst using art t...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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29:16
Season 6 Ep 5: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, La Chaîne Simpson
Two icons of French culture come together in this week’s artwork – Toulouse-Lautrec and the bicycle! Known for his ability to capture the bohemian lifestyle of late 19th-century Paris, Toulouse-Lautrec's dynamic poster design showcases famous F...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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32:06
Season 6 Ep 4: Artemesia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine
This episode examines Artemesia’s powerful self-portrait and the heartbreaking, inspirational story of survival behind it - with special guest Asia Graziano, author of ‘Artemesia Gentileschi’ for leading art publisher Scripta Maneant...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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34:44
Season 6 Ep 3: Keith Pettit, Cabriole
This week’s episode features a fascinating sculpture carved from ‘Bog Oak’, preserved for nearly 6,000 years in a Sussex peat bog being transformed into a ballet dancer mid-leap...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:00:24
Season 6, Ep.2: J M W Turner, The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, Fighting Bucks at Petworth
J. M. W. Turner, The Lake, Petworth: Sunset, Fighting Bucks at Petworth Recorded on site at Petworth House, West Sussex with curator Dr. Emily Knight, this episode looks at the Turner ...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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38:39
Season 6, Ep.1: Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper
Kicking off Season 6 with a bang is one of the most famous works of art in history – Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’. In this episode, Phil & Laura delve into the fascinating layers of meaning and mastery in this iconic work....
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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39:36
Season 5, Ep.11: Tibetan Wheel of Life Thangka
For the final episode of Season 5, Phil teams up with his brother Marc to examine his beautiful Christmas present, a stunning depiction of the Buddhist Wheel of Life which Marc brought back from his travels in Nepal...
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26:23
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Season 5, Ep.10: Wood, Earth, Hoop by Walter Bailey
In this week's episode, Phil & Laura talk to Mark Collins, art collector and owner of Artelium Wine Estate in Sussex to discuss a unique sculpture currently residing on their estate...
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39:23
Season 5, Ep.9: Orange, Red, Yellow by Mark Rothko
A badly needed splash of colour this week as Phil & Laura take a deep dive into a Rothko work which sold in 2012 for the staggering sum of $87 million. Just what lies behind those famous, vibrant rectangles...
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37:05
Season 5, Ep.8: Genesis #9/18 by Alan Magee
This week, Phil speaks to us from Friday Harbour, San Juan Island, USA with Assistant Curator of the San Juan Islands Museum of Art Wendy Smith about a very unique artwork, finished by a loom in Belgium thousands of miles from the artist who pa...
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27:22
Season 5, Ep.6: Deep Forest by Emily Carr
This week, Phil meets with senior curator Richard Hill from the Vancouver Art Gallery to discuss a moody and mysterious work by the matriarch of Canadian art...
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31:00
Season 5, Ep.7: The Haywain Tryptich by Hieronymus Bosch
This week, Laura and Phil discuss the eternally bizarre and delightful Bosch, focusing on one of his fabulous triptychs, with this one telling the story of the Fall...
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33:54
Season 5, Ep.5: Starry Night over the Rhône by Van Gogh with Martin Bailey
The new year kicks off with Phil revisiting Van Gogh’s romantic masterpiece – and the poster image for our smash hit documentary Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers – this time with world Van Gogh expert Martin Bailey at the National Gallery...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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23:23
Season 5, Ep.4: Christmas Special - The Monopoly Board, Lizzie Magie
In this cosy Christmas special, Laura and Phil sit down with three times British Monopoly champion (and Phil’s brother) Mike and his long-suffering son Alex to discuss the remarkable artwork of the monopoly board over a mince pie or two...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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45:00
Season 5, Ep.3: Le Pont-Neuf by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Phil speaks with curator Mary Morton at one of his favourite galleries - the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC - about a poignant view of Paris a year on from one of the worst years in Parisian history...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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22:13
Season 5, Ep.2: Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí
In this episode, Phil & Laura look at Dali’s unique take on the crucifixion, supposedly inspired by what Dali called his “cosmic dream” of the universe...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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30:45
Season 5, Ep.1: Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy (1889) by Vincent van Gogh
Season 5 begins in the warm and inviting olive groves around Saint Remy which Van Gogh painted repeatedly, fascinated as he was by the irregular growth and ever-changing colours...
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45:31
Season 4, Ep.10: Starry Night Over the Rhône by Vincent Van Gogh
This week, Phil and Laura look at Vincent’s other ‘Starry Night’, painted just down the road from his famous yellow house in Arles, and explore the themes of love, madness and beauty that have followed this beloved and troubled artist over the ...
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36:38
Season 4, Ep.9: Augustus of Prima Porta Statue - Vatican Museums
Talk about good PR! This masterpiece by an unknown Greek artist depicts the first official emperor of Rome, Augustus, demonstrating his firm grasp of the importance of a carefully crafted public image in 20AD...
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38:03
Season 4, Ep.8: Colliers Unloading on Hove Beach by John Constable
This week, Phil’s takes leading BBC radio presenter Danny Pike for a trip to the Brighton Pavilion to examine local legend John Constable’s stunning work depicting the seafront a stone’s throw from our office…
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27:18
Season 4, Ep.7: Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez
This week, Phil and Laura discuss what has been repeatedly named one of the greatest paintings in history, the monumental ‘Las Meninas’ or ‘The Maids’ by the legendary Diego Velázquez...
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34:29
Season 4, Ep.6: Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando by Edgar Degas
This week, co-directors of My National Gallery, London Ali Ray and Phil Grabsky discuss Ali’s favourite work in this world-renowned gallery, and just why it stuck out to her amongst this enormous collection of masterpieces...
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