The Art Of ...

Mar 27 2024 34 ep. 28 mins 1.1k

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A series telling the human stories behind art in Tate's collection.

From love and creativity, to failure and protest, each episode explores how art reflects universal experiences. Hear from creatives, curators, gallery visitors and even comedians as they chat about art and how it's relevant to our lives today.

Explore more art in our collection at tate.org.uk

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The Art of Change

Mar 27 2024 32 mins

Artworks are living objects which emerge from a particular perspective at a particular moment, yet continue to exist in a changing world. Some historic artworks, and even images from popular culture, reflect racist attitudes. What do we do with imagery like this? Can we seal away the past or should we interrogate it? In short, what can we do with racist art? In this episo

Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 6. Tough!

Dec 10 2023 48 mins

In our final episode of this mini-series, curator Linsey Young hears from women artists, photographers, film-makers and activists who were responding to the political upheavals in the 1980s. From photographs of protests such as the Greenham women’s peace camps to films about AIDS and racist attacks, their work documented and commented on the intense struggles and conflicts o

Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 5. A Time of Possibility

Dec 03 2023 49 mins

Curator Linsey Young finds out about group exhibitions by women of colour in the 1980s.Joined by artists and curators, she explores how their shows made women of colour visible and expressed the politics and realities of their experiences.From ‘CopyArt’ based on photographic self-portraits, to a giant avenging hindu goddess Kali, their work challenged stereotypes and was variou

Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 4. “We need to change the course!”

Nov 26 2023 44 mins

In these next two episodes, curator Linsey Young hears from women activists and artists of colour about their experiences and work in the 1970s and 80s.In this episode, she learns about how women mobilised against racism and discrimination, and how artists challenged how art history was being taught. From involving lecturers in performances that challenged the Euro-centricity

Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 3. Transgression

Nov 19 2023 50 mins

In episode three, curator Linsey Young investigates how the independent music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s liberated women from the expectations of the time. Joined by artists, musicians, writers and activists, she discovers how punk and industrial music created a space for women to express themselves on their own terms.From self-publishing fanzines and forming all-women

Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 2. There’s Something Not Right Here

Nov 12 2023 58 mins

Curator Linsey Young hears from women who were making work in the 1970s that commented on their roles in the family and in the home. From performing as a pregnant bunny girl in a cage at an agricultural show, to baking a life-sized family in a mobile home, their wildly original work received no attention in the art press.She also uncovers the origins of the Women’s Art Libra

Women in Revolt! Mini-series: 1. Ferocious and Magnificent

Nov 05 2023 53 mins

A 6-part mini-series exploring art, activism and the women's movement in the UK in the 1970s and 80s.In this episode, Curator Linsey Young journeys to the start of the Women's Liberation Movement and hears from women who were making work in the early 1970s. Joined by artists, makers and activists, she explores how this generation came together to demand change and create new s

Introducing Women in Revolt!

Oct 29 2023 4 mins

Curator Linsey Young introduces this 6-part mini-series about art, activism and the women’s movement in the UK in the 1970s and 80s. She remembers back to when she started researching the Women in Revolt! exhibition. Her quest to find work made in response to the Women’s Liberation Movement, punk, Margaret Thatcher, Section 28 etc. led her to meet the remarkable artists, a

The Art of the Body

Jul 04 2021 38 mins

In this episode we revisit Paula Rego’s work to talk about the body, reproductive justice and abortion rights.Listen to Polyester Zine’s editor in chief, Ione Gamble and curator, writer and researcher, Maggie Matić talk to artists Polly Nor and Rene Matić about Paula Rego, their own work, and Polyester’s recent zine Saving Ourselves.See the Paula Rego exhibition a

The Art of Healing

Nov 12 2020 36 mins

Black women always emerge as pioneers throughout history. From art, to science, to activism and sport, Black women are a force. We live in a world where Black women are expected to be strong. They are expected to be support systems for others, to spearhead political movements, to jump three times as high. It can feel like the world is resting on their shoulders. So how do Black wom