{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/681e125458009636d53c2c63?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Turner at 250: why Britain's most influential artist still matters","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1746800633035-d921b511-53d9-4cef-b5e4-11d59a1144da.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Mallord William Turner, widely celebrated as Britain's greatest landscape painter.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p>YOUR NEXT EPISODE:</p><p><a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/2c3d50\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The untold story of Picasso's muses</a></p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p>Yet, beyond the familiar image of the \"painter of light\", Turner was a complex figure whose radical art often baffled his contemporaries.</p><p><br></p><p>Tom Gatti meets the New Statesman’s art critic, Michael Prodger, to explore why Turner still matters  – and how themes in his work like the power of nature, the impact of technology, and national identity resonate profoundly today.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>READ: The second birth of JMW Turner, by Michael Prodger</p><p>https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-design/2025/04/the-second-birth-of-jmw-turner</p><p><br></p><p>LISTEN AD-FREE</p><p>Download the New Statesman app: <a href=\"https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/new-statesman-magazine/id610498525\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iOS</a> / <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.progressivemediagroup.newstatesman&amp;hl=en_GB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Android</a></p><p><br></p><p>STAY IN TOUCH</p><p>Get our best writing every weekend in <a href=\"https://saturdayread.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Saturday Read email newsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>SUBSCRIBE</p><p>Get full access to the New Statesman by <a href=\"https://secure.newstatesman.com/subscribe2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">becoming a subscriber</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}