Our final attempt at a podcast for 2020, and we’re trying to keep it fun-filled and Covid-free! We kick procedures off in traditional form for Christmas with a mostly art-based quiz.

As it’s a bit of a special episode we round up our favourite artist discoveries in 2020, we pin our hopes on new shows in 2021, and we couldn’t resist but stir up drama with some art-world stories. The controversial Mary Wollstonecraft statue, the soft-opening of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, and the frustration of a Kandinsky restitution claim.

We were both a bit giddy about our final Artist Focus of 2020: it’s the record-breaking Georgia O’Keeffe. Mother of American Modernism, she was plagued throughout her life by interpretations of her work as expressions of the female sex organ. But while she found success amongst the New York elite, she spent most of her life working in New Mexico, avoiding the city scene and the labels they attributed to her. Enjoy!

SHOW NOTES:

Salman Toor: https://www.salmantoor.com/
Hanna Hansdotter: https://www.instagram.com/hannahansdotter/
Daisy Parris: https://daisyparris.com/
Hester Finch: http://www.hesterfinch.com/
Doron Langberg: http://www.doronlangberg.com/
Jules de Balincourt: https://julesdebalincourt.com/
Oscar Murillo: https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/oscar-murillo
Sophie von Hellermann: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/artists/38-sophie-von-hellermann/
Manon Steyaert: https://www.manonsteyaertart.com/
Emin/Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q5zn
Beyond the Visible - Hilma af Klint: https://www.modernfilms.com/hilmaafklint
Klaus on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80183187
Happiest Season on Sky/Now TV: https://www.nowtv.com/watch/happiest-season-2020/A5EK5E17HwqyCtmaCdEkJ
Joana Vasconcelos 'Beyond' at Yorkshire Sculpture Park until 9 January 2022: https://ysp.org.uk/exhibitions/joanavasconcelos
Henry Taylor at Hauser & Wirth Somerset 6 Feb - 6 June 2021: https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/30991-henry-taylor
Bruce Nauman at Tate Modern until 21 February 2021: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/bruce-nauman
Cece Phillips:
Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern 29 March 2021 - 27 March 2022: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/yayoi-kusama-infinity-mirror-rooms
John Nash 'The Landscape of Love and Solace' at Towner Eastbourne 1 May - 26 September 2021: https://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/exhibition/john-nash-the-landscape-of-love-and-solace/
Bridget Riley 'Pleasures of Sight' at Lightbox Woking 13 February - 16 May 2021: https://www.thelightbox.org.uk/bridget-riley-pleasures-of-sight
'Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser' at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 27 March 2021: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/alice-curiouser-and-curiouser
Helen Frankenthaler 'Radical Beauty' at the Dulwich Picture Gallery 27 May - 28 November 2021: https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2021/may/helen-frankenthaler-radical-beauty/
Paula Rego at the Tate Britain 16 June - 24 October 2021: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/paula-rego
Maggi Hambling responds to statue critics: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/14/i-need-complete-freedom-maggi-hambling-responds-to-statue-critics
Humboldt Forum in Berlin Finally Opens (Sort of): https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/14/i-need-complete-freedom-maggi-hambling-responds-to-statue-critics
Disputed Kandinsky won't be returned to Jewish heirs: https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-looted-art-trial-disputed-kandinsky/a-55957434
The Real Meaning of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Flowers: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-meaning-of-georgia-okeeffes-flowers-1467394564
Georgia O'Keeffe 'A Life in Art' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonkqMuOZgM