Something to say,
on the walk home.
Six shows worth queuing up before your next gallery day. Chosen by members who go, look, and always have an opinion — not by an algorithm.
Talk Art
An actor and a gallerist, talking to artists like old friends. Loose, warm, occasionally starry — the closest thing to eavesdropping on a private-view conversation.
Good for: private-view small talkThe Great Women Artists
Started as an Instagram account correcting the canon, now a proper archive of interviews with women artists, living and historical. Essential, not worthy.
Good for: rewriting the wall text in your headA Brush With…
Long, unhurried studio conversations with working artists — the show for people who want the practice, not the private-view small talk.
Good for: studio-practice nerdsStories of Art
One painting, one myth, one scandal per episode — currently deep in Frida mania. There's a video version too, so you can actually see the brushwork they're discussing.
Good for: one-object deep divesThe Modern Art Notes Podcast
The critic's critic. Long-running, exhibition-led, unafraid of a hard question — good preparation before you form your own opinion in the room.
Good for: arriving with an opinion already formedArtCurious
Art history's odd corners — forgeries, fakes, and the stories galleries don't put on the wall label. The one to convert a sceptical friend.
Good for: the friend you dragged along