Hello and welcome back. This week we have a great episode all about the history of Art Medals with British artist (and medal designer) Elliot Birt. Art medals and artists whom design medals is certainly an unusual topic / medium of sculpture but a completely facinating one. Of there many benefits, they are also an incredibly accessible way to collect small scale sculptures. Join Elliot and myself as we discuss the ins and outs of art medals, key artists who have worked in the medium and...

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. Today I’m joined by artist Phil Barton to discuss the groundbreaking artist Gustave Metzger. A pioneer of protest and political art activism, Metzger developed the concept of ⁠Auto-Destructive Art⁠ and the ⁠Art Strike⁠. He went on to forge a career which saw retrospectives held at TATE and The Serpentine Gallery. Metzger is an artist I had not come across and found endlessly fascinating as my conversation with Phil went on. It’s an...

Hello and welcome back this week we are talking all thing Faves and Fauvism with British artist Loïs Cordelia.  Fauvism  is a style of painting and an art movement that emerged in France at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the style of les Fauves (French for the wild beasts), a group of modern artists whose works emphasised painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. Guest Loïs Cordelia (she/her) - Community...

Hello and welcome back! This week I'm joined by British Surrealist artist Rosalynd Byass to discuss Surrealism and how important the genre is as a way of exploring and expressing mental health. Enjoy! Videos Introducing Surrealism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP2JS4vDvNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH1uXlm9qoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtXjirMWpmE This is...

Hello and welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I speak to artist Emma Hoten about the British Landscape painter, Fred  Cuming RA. Fred is an artist I knew nothing about and, as I admit in the episode, would never really have paid attention to. But Emma’s passion for Fred’s work is infectious and I loved recording this episode with her. It not only taught me about a British Landscape artist but it showed me that I too, pigeon hole the art I look at and make assumptions....

Why is art important? It's the question I ask every guest. Let's deep dive back into four past responses and see where it takes us. Jo x --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jos-art-history-podcast/message

Happy New Year and Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week my guest is contemporary artist and double olympian Neil Eckersley. We discuss Neil’s olympic journey, the history of art at the Olympics and Neil’s contemporary artistic practice. It’s a great episode to kick off the new year - enjoy!! :) Links: Neil’s...

It’s the end of 2023 and it has certainly been a big one for Jo’s Art History podcast! Join me as I share 5 highlights from the past year which included: My most shared episode. My most meaningful episode. The episode I am most proud of. My most challenging episode to record. My most streamed episode in 2023! Listen and find out. Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠⁠ Email:...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I discuss the brilliant Yoko Ono with returning guest Gemma Louise. Enjoy! Yoko Ono https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono Liverpool Museum Show...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week I review the blockbuster BANKSY: CUT & RUN exhibition which took place in Glasgow between June - August 2023. Enjoy! Cut and Run website: https://cutandrun.co.uk/ Glasgow Life Banksy Shop: https://shop.glasgowlife.org.uk/collections/banksy-cut-run Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/josarthistory/⁠ Website: ⁠https://www.josarthistory.com/podcast⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Please support the...

Welcome back - this week I speak to returning guest Mimi Cullen all about the incredible artist Tracey Emin. Mimi's love and passion for Emin is infectious and has clearly been a guiding light in Mimi's own personal practise and business NI Studios. Thank you Mimi for this great conversation. Enjoy! Guest: Mimi Cullen Insta: https://www.instagram.com/n.i.studios/ Website: https://www.nistudios.co.uk/ For more links: https://linktr.ee/nistudios/ Host: Jo McLaughlin Instagram:...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. On today’s episode famous art cameos returns for PART 3! Nico Paws returns to the podcast to discuss 4 famous works which make famous appearances in famous TV programmes. Enjoy! Notes of the episodes: Noah...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which allow me, Jo McLaughlin, you resident host and art historian to deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less.This week we are discussing on of Glasgow’s most celebrated paintings Windows In The West by Avril Paton. Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book from my Wishlist - this will go towards...

Welcome back to Jo’s Art History Podcast. This week is all about the brilliant performance artists Marina Abramović. The Artist Is Present https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/964  Imponderabilia 1977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5f1ouKFdk https://www.wikiart.org/en/marina-abramovic/imponderabilia Rhythm 0 -...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size. This week we are discussing on of Scotland’s most celebrated art works and installations: Little Sparta by Ian Hamilton Finley. Resource Links: https://www.littlesparta.org.uk/about/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jee-4F0Xwxg Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book from my Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite-Size - small manageable podcast episodes that deep dive into a specific artwork or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we take a look at the incredible painting entitled The Druids: Bringing in the Mistletoe by George Henry  & Edward Atkinson Hornel. Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book from my Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite-Size - small manageable podcast episodes that deep dive into a specific artwork or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we take a look at the incredible painting entitled The Skating Minister by Henry Raeburn - one of Scotlands most beloved paintings. Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book from my Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we discuss Jenny Saville’s Propped. Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book from my Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the podcast: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/FZ1XZKILJJCJ?ref_=wl_share

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week I take you on a whistle stop tour of the life and work of Bridget Riley. Resource...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less.. This week we are discussing one of Anthony Van Dyke’s best known portraits of Charles I on horseback, Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram: @josarthistory Please consider supporting the podcast by buying me a book from my Wishlist - this will go towards future episodes of the...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week we deep dive into the amazing work Pauline Bunny by Sarah Lucas. Resource...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which deep-dive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less. This week I take you on a whistle stop tour of the life and work of Kim Lim This episode was made possible through a commissioned piece of writing I did in 2021 for Sprout Magazine. The contents of this article make up a large percentage of my research and writing conducted for Sprout. Resource...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite-Size - small manageable podcast episodes which allow me to deep dive into a specific artwork or artist in 10 minutes or less.. This week we are discussing The Endless Column by Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși.  Resource Links: This episode is taken from a blog I wrote back in 2020 - read it here: https://www.josarthistory.com/post/a-contemporary-monument-for-a-contemporary-world Want to connect? Email: [email protected] Instagram:...

Welcome to Jo’s Art History Bite Size - small manageable podcast episodes which allow me to deep drive into a specific art work or artist in 10 minutes or less.. This week we are discussing the monumental installation work: The Floating Piers by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Resource Links: https://www.josarthistory.com/post/how-to-walk-on-water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG91th5SHvI Skip to 20 minutes in:...