Beste Athena Art Foundation Podcasts (2024)

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Athena Asks - Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker with host Jonquil O'Reilly 40:43

2y ago40:43

40:43

In this episode, Jonquil O'Reilly talks to Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker, the curators of "Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, about their exhibition and transporting the viewer back to the 16th century through tapestries, embroideries, goldwork and portraits full of enigmatic symbols.…

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Athena Asks - Dr Caitlin Beach and Dr Mia L. Bagneris with host Dr Adrienne Childs 34:01

2y ago34:01

34:01

This episode of Athena Asks focuses on race, representation and colonialism in 19th-century Victorian sculpture. It is hosted by Dr Adrienne Childs, co-curator of the new exhibition The Colour of Anxiety: Race, Sexuality and Disorder in Victorian Sculpture, now showing at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, UK (also co-curated by the Director of At…

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Athena Asks - Elyse Nelson with host Dr Madeleine Haddon 41:24

2y ago41:24

41:24

In this episode of Athena Asks, host Dr Madeleine Haddon talks to Elyse Nelson (Assistant Curator in European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Met in New York) about the current show Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast, co-curated by Nelson and Wendy S. Walters. Organised around a single object, the marble bust Why Born Enslaved! by 19th-…

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Athena Asks - Aoife Brady with host Jonquil O'Reilly 30:15

2+ y ago30:15

30:15

Lavinia was born in 1552 in Bologna and went on to be the first professional woman artist in Western Europe. In this episode of Athena Asks, Jonquil O'Reilly talks to Dr Aoife Brady (Curator of Italian and Spanish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland) about an upcoming exhibition devoted to Lavinia's remarkable art and career. Lavinia Fontana: Tr…

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Athena Asks - Dr Rosalind McKever with host Jonquil O'Reilly 31:46

2+ y ago31:46

31:46

Jonquil O'Reilly, fashion historian and Old Master specialist at Christies, talks to Dr Rosalind McKever, Curator of Paintings and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. They discuss "Fashioning Masculinities, the Art of Menswear", now on at the V&A, which celebrates the artistry and diversity of contemporary and historical male fash…

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Athena Asks - Costa Petridis with host Alayo Akinkugbe 30:59

2+ y ago30:59

30:59

Alayo Akinkugbe, the Nigerian art historian and figure behind @blackhistoryofart, interviews Dr Constantine Petridis, Curator of African Art and Chair of the Department of Arts of Africa and the America at the Art Institute of Chicago. They focus on his new exhibition The Language of Beauty in African Art, which challenges Western framing of this a…

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Athena Asks - Curator Madeleine Haddon 25:29

2+ y ago25:29

25:29

In this episode, Director of Athena Art Foundation Nicola Jennings talks to Madeleine Haddon about "Nuestra Casa", the exhibition she has curated at New York's Hispanic Society Museum which highlights the interdependence of Spanish and Latin American art, and the hidden, sometimes dark histories of some of the collection's most beautiful objects.…

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Athena Asks - Glenn Brown 28:43

2+ y ago28:43

28:43

Glenn Brown CBE is a British artist who takes the art of previous centuries as the starting point for his own works which feature unsettling images in vibrant colours, with thin, swirling brushstrokes in place of the thick impastos used by masters such as Rembrandt and Ribera. Nicola asks him about his approach as well as about his interest in fram…

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What are Museums for? - Sustainability 39:45

2+ y ago39:45

39:45

In preserving our pasts for the benefit of future generations, museums have always been forward looking. But what does the future, and the future of museums, look like? In this episode of What Are Museums For?, Fitzwilliam Museum Director Luke Syson and Athena Art Foundation Director Nicola Jennings are joined by Professor Rebecca Kilner and Esme W…

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Athena Asks - Jonquil O'Reilly talks to Timothy McCall about Renaissance fashion and male identity 22:43

3y ago22:43

22:43

In fifteenth-century Italy, men like Lionello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, were peacocks, strutting their stuff in scintillating brocades, armour, and jewels to attract attention both to physical beauty and to political power. In this podcast, Jonquil O'Reilly, fashion historian and Old Master specialist at Christies, talks to Timothy McCall, Associ…

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What Are Museums For? - Physical/Digital 35:27

3y ago35:27

35:27

Digital technologies are continually changing the way we engage with and relate to physical objects. In this episode of What Are Museums For?, Fitzwilliam Museum Director Luke Syson and Athena Art Foundation Director Nicola Jennings are joined by Alayo Akinkugbe, Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE and Daniel Pett, to discuss the current digital opportunitie…

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What Are Museums For? - Restitution 34:35

3y ago34:35

34:35

Every object tells a story, and the stories of how objects ended up in museums can be fraught with political and moral complexity, and even violence. In this episode of What Are Museums For?, Fitzwilliam Museum Director Luke Syson and Athena Art Foundation Director Nicola Jennings are joined by Professor Nicholas Thomas and Dr Donna Yates, to consi…

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What Are Museums For? - Representation 35:53

3y ago35:53

35:53

For many individuals and communities, the history of art has been a history of neglect, exclusivity and exclusion. In this episode of What Are Museums For?, Fitzwilliam Museum Director Luke Syson and Athena Art Foundation Director Nicola Jennings are joined by Rebecca Birrell, Jennifer Higgie and Dan Vo, to consider representation in the context of…

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What Are Museums For? - Legacies 35:41

3y ago35:41

35:41

There is increasing recognition that enslavement, racial violence and exploitation are an inextricable part of our collective histories. In this episode of What Are Museums For?, Fitzwilliam Museum Director Luke Syson and Athena Art Foundation Director Nicola Jennings are joined by Aindrea Emelife and John Orna-Ornstein, to consider museums’ respon…

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What Are Museums For? - Nation 35:07

3y ago35:07

35:07

Museums have traditionally played an important role in the forging of national identity. In this episode of What Are Museums For? Fitzwilliam Museum Director Luke Syson and Athena Art Foundation Director Nicola Jennings are joined by Sussan Babaie and Gabriele Finaldi, to discuss the relationship between museums and nationhood. How do ideas about n…

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What Are Museums For? 1:00

3y ago1:00

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What are museums for? Whose stories do they tell? How do they decide which aspects of the past to preserve and represent? Join Luke Syson, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and Nicola Jennings, Director of the Athena Art Foundation, over the next few months for six conversations with curators, museum directors, activists and writers …

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Athena Asks - Professor Sussan Babaie 30:20

3+ y ago30:20

30:20

Nicola Jennings talks to Sussan Babaie and Ina Sarikhani about the Epic Iran exhibition at London's V&A and the extremely sophisticated culture that flourished in Central Asia from about 3,000 BCE. Looking at some of the exhibition highlights, such as gold beakers, cloisonné jewellery and exquisite paintings in the Shanameh or Book of Kings, they d…

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Athena Art Foundation Podcasts

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Athena Asks - Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker with host Jonquil O'Reilly 40:43

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Athena Asks - Dr Caitlin Beach and Dr Mia L. Bagneris with host Dr Adrienne Childs 34:01

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Athena Asks - Elyse Nelson with host Dr Madeleine Haddon 41:24

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Athena Asks - Aoife Brady with host Jonquil O'Reilly 30:15

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Athena Asks - Dr Rosalind McKever with host Jonquil O'Reilly 31:46

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Athena Asks - Costa Petridis with host Alayo Akinkugbe 30:59

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Athena Asks - Curator Madeleine Haddon 25:29

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Athena Asks - Glenn Brown 28:43

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What are Museums for? - Sustainability 39:45

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Athena Asks - Jonquil O'Reilly talks to Timothy McCall about Renaissance fashion and male identity 22:43

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What Are Museums For? - Physical/Digital 35:27

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What Are Museums For? - Restitution 34:35

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What Are Museums For? - Representation 35:53

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What Are Museums For? - Legacies 35:41

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What Are Museums For? - Nation 35:07

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What Are Museums For? 1:00

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Athena Asks - Professor Sussan Babaie 30:20

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