The Gallery Companion

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode I discuss the recently opened exhibition on art and the feminist movement in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s at Tate gallery in London, including work by See Red Women's Workshop, Jill Posener and other British artists from this period. I talk about the value of protest / activist art, and why it's important that we record and collect this type of work. And I consider the relevance and popularity of this kind of exhibition which weaves together a rich story of the visual arts with social history.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode I reflect on how important the setting is to our understanding and experience of artworks, and the responses we can feel in our bodies when artworks actively occupy space. I discuss the retrospective of the British artist Sarah Lucas at Tate Britain, the amazing installation Behind the Red Moon by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui at Tate Modern, and a dreamy little exhibition I saw by Korean artist Chun Kwang Young in Venice last year.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode, I talk about the dangers of AI and the recent political responses to the regulation of these new technologies. I discuss Yuval Noah Harari's book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2016) which suggests that the end of human history is nearly upon us. I consider a sculptural installation by the polish artist Alicja Kwade, who explores ideas about time, perception and what our reality is. And I look at the paintings of Connor McIntyre, which respond to the physical and conceptual systems underpinning our knowledge and experience of the world. The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode, I talk about Naomi Klein's new book Doppelganger, which takes the reader on a journey into conspiracy culture. I consider the power of storytelling in the spread of misinformation, and I think about the work of artists who interrogate the media and who question how power circulates in our world including the great Barbara Kruger, the photographer Cassandra Zampini and the South African artist William Kentridge.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this first episode of the second series, I consider the value of art for those who create it, and the ways in which artists talk about their process of making. I look at the work of abstract painter Maryanne Hawes, whose process of walking and then painting is integral to her practice; the Swedish artist Anna Bjergen, who describes the freedom with which she allows herself to explore in her paintings as 'magic'; and the British painter Jenny Saville, who talks about the creative tension of 'laying down a problem'.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode I give a brief overview of some of the subjects I'll be exploring in the second season of The Gallery Companion podcast: nature and rewilding, the post-human future, conspiracy theories, the invisibility of older women, inequality and social mobility, understanding the world through touch and more...The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too.