Courtauld Cast

To celebrate the significant achievements and public recognition of artist Claudette Johnson and the wonderful news of her nomination for the 2024 Turner Prize, we are delighted to present a special episode of The Courtauld’s Podcast, #CourtauldCast. This episode  captures a conversation between Claudette Johnson MBE, artist Chantal Joffe RA and Professor Dorothy Price FBA recorded during the recent five-star exhibition Claudette Johnson: Presence at The Courtauld Gallery (29 Sep 2023 – 14 Jan 2024).A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement, Claudette Johnson is considered one of the most significant figurative artists of her generation. For over 30 years she has created large-scale drawings of Black women and men that are at once intimate and powerful. The exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery presented a carefully selected group of major works from across her career, from key early drawings, such as the arresting I Came to Dance, 1982, and And I Have My Own Business in This Skin, 1982, alongside her extraordinary new body of works made over the last ten years. The exhibition was rooted in the ongoing research, teaching and activities in the field of Black and Diasporic British Art by Dorothy Price, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at The Courtauld.Happy Listening!

In this episode we are joined by Alexandra Gerstein, McQueens Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Courtauld and artist Sophie-Nicole Dodds to discuss the most recent Illuminating Objects internship, as well as touring The Courtauld Gallery highlights. Courtauld Cast is produced by novel for The Courtauld Institute of Art and generously supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Thanks to our producers, Harry Cooke and Claire Crofton and executive producer, Jo Wheeler, and a special thanks to Julie Rose Bower.

In this episode we are joined by Chief Conservator at The Courtauld, Graeme Barraclough and Reader in Italian Renaissance Art, 1400-1500, Dr Scott Nethersole to discuss the revelations, the discoveries, the hidden imprints of Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Trinity Altarpiece’ revealed through its recent conservation, and technical and scientific examination at The Courtauld. Courtauld Cast is produced by novel for the Courtauld Institute of art and generously supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Thanks to our producers, Harry Cooke and Claire Crofton and executive producer, Jo Wheeler, and a special thanks to Julie Rose Bower.

Welcome to Courtauld Cast! In this our first episode we discuss the relaunch of the Courtauld Gallery following its ambitious transformation to make our world-class artworks, research and teaching accessible to even more people. Guests include Barnaby Wright, Deputy Head of The Courtauld Gallery and Daniel Katz Curator of 20th Century Art; Karen Serres, Curator of Paintings and Chris Watson Co-director of our appointed architects Witherford Watson Mann. Hosted by Professor Alixe Bovey, Dean and Deputy Director; Head of Research The Courtauld Institute of Art. Courtauld cast is produced by novel for the Courtauld Institute of art and generously supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Thanks to our producers, Harry Cooke and Claire Crofton and executive producer, Jo Wheeler.