I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is Maria Balshaw.
Currently serving as Director of Tate, a position she has held since 2017, Balshaw began her career as an academic and lecturer in cultural studies. At the dawn of the 2000s, she swapped this to become Director of Creative Partnerships, a government programme that aimed to develop cr ... Show More
Yesterday
Deborah Levy on Gertrude Stein
TODAY on The Great Women Artists podcast is the esteemed writer, Deborah Levy on avant-garde pioneer Gertrude Stein. The author of several novels, including August Blue, Hot Milk and Swimming Home, alongside the critically acclaimed Living Autobiography trilogy (some of my favour ... Show More
38m 20s
Apr 14
Alyce Mahon on Dorothea Tanning
TODAY on the GWA Podcast, is art historian, Alyce Mahon discussing the great Surrealist, Dorothea Tanning. Born in Illinois in 1910, where she said “nothing happened but the wallpaper”, Tanning immersed herself in gothic literature to escape to other worlds. Travelling to Paris t ... Show More
50m 21s
Apr 7
Sonnet Stanfill on Elsa Schiaparelli
TODAY on the GWA podcast: curator SONNET STANFILL on ELSA SCHIAPARELLI! Sonnet is the Senior Curator of Fashion at the V&A, where she has worked since 1999. Stanfill has curated numerous highly acclaimed exhibitions, such as New York Fashion Now, Ballgowns: British Glamour since ... Show More
47m 39s
Nov 2023
A brush with... Sutapa Biswas
Sutapa Biswas talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Biswas was born in Santinekethan, India, in 1962, and her work in painting, drawing, photogra ... Show More
1h 1m
Nov 2025
Do We Still Need All-Woman Art Shows?
Before the idea of feminism took shape, there was what writers once called “the woman question.” The phrase comes from the querelle des femmes—a centuries-long debate in Europe about women’s rights, intellect, and place in society. One of the first to take it up was Christine de ... Show More
36m 45s
Dec 2022
Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody; Qatar art, architecture & the World Cup; Hannah Khalil
Director Kasi Lemmons discusses her new film, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, a biopic of the performer Whitney Houston, whose unmatched vocal power saw her become one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. She talks about exploring the darker sides of Whitney’s life and w ... Show More
42m 22s
Sep 2025
T.J. Clark & Caroline Arscott: Those Passions - On Art & Politics
Art historian T.J. Clark began his academic career with two groundbreaking works on the art of mid-nineteenth century France, expounding materialist theory of art that has remained his watchword for five decades, with books on Poussin, Cézanne, Picasso and modernism. Those Passio ... Show More
1h 10m
Dec 2020
Caroline Berzi, Contemporary Artist
Caroline Berzi was born and resides in Egypt, where she received her degree in Business Administration. Following a 7-year career as a financial analyst, her passion for the arts led her to become a full-time artist. Caroline recently graduated from SACI Florence with a Post-Bac ... Show More
26m 4s
Aug 2023
Rebecca Youssef: Exploring Mixed Media Art
Join us on AART the Podcast for an inspiring conversation with Rebecca Youssef, a visionary mixed media artist whose work bridges painting, collage, and experimental techniques. In this episode, Rebecca shares her artistic journey, the stories behind her most captivating pieces, ... Show More
1h 5m
Sep 2025
Lulwah Al Homoud & Rafa Nasiri | Discover Arab Artists – The Misk Art Library Podcast
In this episode of The Misk Art Library Podcast Series, we sit down with two experts on art in the Arab world: Lulwah Al Homoud, an artist featured in the Misk Art Library series, and Dr. Nada Shabout, who speaks about the work of Iraqi artist Rafa Nasiri. We discuss Nasiri's leg ... Show More
53m 59s