Talk Art

Russell Tovey and Robert Diament

Actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament host Talk Art, a podcast dedicated to the world of art featuring exclusive interviews with leading artists, curators & gallerists, and even occasionally their talented friends from other industries like acting, music and journalism. Listen in to explore the magic of art and why it connects us all in such fantastic ways. Follow the official Instagram @TalkArt for images of artworks discussed in each episode and to follow Russell and Robert's latest art adventures.

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388 episodes
Updated June 4

Episodes388

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Aug 10, 2020 · 1 hr 41 min
Kenny Schachter (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell & Robert meet Kenny Schachter for Talk Art's Season 6 Finale... and what better way to close this special quarantine season than with art world ROYALTY!!!! Kenny is truly a polymath - dealer, artist, writer, collector, curator, lecture...
Aug 3, 2020 · 1 hr 28 min
Jennifer Gilbert (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell & Robert meet Jennifer Gilbert, leading curator, gallerist and champion of Outsider Art!As founder of the Jennifer Lauren Gallery, her aim is to champion and exhibit international self-taught, disabled and overlooked artists who create w...
Jul 27, 2020 · 1 hr 39 min
Wolfgang Tillmans (QuarARTine special episode)
Talk Art exclusive!!! For this very special, feature-length episode, Russell & Robert speak to legendary artist Wolfgang Tillmans. We discuss growing up in Germany, his move to the Bournemouth, UK to study art, his collaboration with gallerist Maur...
Jul 20, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
Anthea Hamilton
Robert & Russell meet leading British artist Anthea Hamilton, best known for creating strange and surreal artworks and large-scale installations. Recorded on 5th January 2020 at Spiritland, Kings Cross.We discuss the experience of being a Turner...
Jul 16, 2020 · 1 hr 6 min
Shawanda Corbett (QuarARTine special episode)
Robert & Russell meet artist Shawanda Corbett, best known for her ceramics, paintings and performances. Shawanda is a recent recipient of The Turner Bursary which replaces the Turner Prize 2020, recognised for her significant contribution to contem...
Jul 13, 2020 · 59 min
Ana Benaroya (QuarARTine special episode)
Season 6 continues! Russell & Robert chat to emerging artist Ana Benaroya from her studio in Jersey City, New Jersey. Recorded remotely on 19th April 2020 during lockdown, we are massive fans of Ana's paintings!!!We discuss her early career...
Jul 9, 2020 · 52 min
Aindrea Emelife (QuarARTine special episode)
New Talk Art! Russell & Robert meet Aindrea Emelife, art critic, independent curator, advisor and arts presenter.We discuss her recent powerful mission statement written for The Independent newspaper investigating how the art world can ...
Jul 6, 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling (QuarARTine special episode)
On this week's Talk Art, we're feeling the POWER of LOVE! Russell & Robert chat to the captivating superstar duo of Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling from their home in Oxfordshire.As passionate art collectors, we learn about the artis...
Jun 29, 2020 · 1 hr 15 min
Katherine Bradford (QuarARTine special episode)
Season 6 continues! Recorded remotely on 3rd April 2020 during lockdown, Russell & Robert chat to leading artist Katherine Bradford, best known for her radiant paintings of swimmers, superheroes, ships and dreamy landscapes that critics describe as...
Jun 22, 2020 · 59 min
Jonathan Lyndon Chase (QuarARTine special episode)
Season 6 continues! Recorded remotely on 1st May 2020 during lockdown, Russell & Robert chat to Philadelphia-based artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase whose paintings and drawings focus primarily on queer black bodies in everyday, domestic spaces.We ex...
Jun 15, 2020 · 49 min
Rose McGowan (QuarARTine special episode)
Talk Art Season 6 continues! Recorded during lockdown on 19th April 2020 from the Mexican jungle, Russell & Robert chat to Rose McGowan, leading activist, author, singer, actress and creative polymath.We discuss her debut album 'Planet 9...
Jun 8, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
Troy Michie (QuarARTine special episode)
Welcome to Season 6 of Talk Art! Recorded on 10th April 2020, we chat to Troy Michie, the acclaimed American collage artist, painter, interdisciplinary installation artist, and sculptor based in New York City. Michie's work is often in dialogue wi...
Jun 1, 2020 · 1 hr 20 min
Toyin Ojih Odutola (QuarARTine special episode)
Recorded in New York on Sunday 26th January 2020, Russell & Robert meet leading artist Toyin Ojih Odutola, best known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper, which explore the malleability of identity and the possibilities in visual story-t...
May 28, 2020 · 1 hr
Josh O'Connor (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell and Robert chat to leading English actor Josh O'Connor. We discuss family connections to art with his artist/ceramicist grandmother Romola Jane, the ongoing search to buy back her previously sold studio art pottery, his sculptor grandfathe...
May 25, 2020 · 1 hr
Lenz Geerk (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell & Robert chat to critically acclaimed German artist Lenz Geerk. Recorded at the start of lockdown, we discuss his psychologically charged paintings that are seemingly removed from any specific time or place. Emphasizing his subject...
May 21, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Tim Blanks (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell & Robert meet legendary fashion writer Tim Blanks, Editor-at-large of Business Of Fashion and a passionate art fan/collector. We discuss growing up in New Zealand, hanging out in the late 70s with artist collective General Idea in New York,...
May 18, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
Alice Rawsthorn OBE (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell & Robert meet Alice Rawsthorn OBE, the award-winning British design critic and author. Based in London, she is chair of the boards of trustees at Chisenhale Gallery in East London and The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery in Yorkshire. Alice w...
May 14, 2020 · 59 min
Edward Enninful OBE (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell and Robert meet Edward Enninful OBE, editor-in-chief of British Vogue. Over the past two and a half years as editor-in-chief of the famed publication, he has helped shape a new vision for fashion media — not just in the UK, but globall...
May 11, 2020 · 1 hr 6 min
Amoako Boafo (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell & Robert meet leading artist Amoako Boafo. Best known for his contemporary portrait paintings, Boafo’s portraits are enticing in their lucidity, accentuating the figures in each work, who are regularly isolated on single colour backgrounds,...
May 7, 2020 · 48 min
Kevin Love and Jane Suitor (QuarARTine special episode)
Russell and Robert meet American basketball legend Kevin Love and leading British art advisor Jane Suitor. Love is best known for playing for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. He is a five-time All-Star and won the 2016 NBA championship with the Cava...

Talk Art

Kenny Schachter (QuarARTine special episode)

Jennifer Gilbert (QuarARTine special episode)

Wolfgang Tillmans (QuarARTine special episode)

Anthea Hamilton

Shawanda Corbett (QuarARTine special episode)

Ana Benaroya (QuarARTine special episode)

Aindrea Emelife (QuarARTine special episode)

Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling (QuarARTine special episode)

Katherine Bradford (QuarARTine special episode)

Jonathan Lyndon Chase (QuarARTine special episode)

Rose McGowan (QuarARTine special episode)

Troy Michie (QuarARTine special episode)

Toyin Ojih Odutola (QuarARTine special episode)

Josh O'Connor (QuarARTine special episode)

Lenz Geerk (QuarARTine special episode)

Tim Blanks (QuarARTine special episode)

Alice Rawsthorn OBE (QuarARTine special episode)

Edward Enninful OBE (QuarARTine special episode)

Amoako Boafo (QuarARTine special episode)

Kevin Love and Jane Suitor (QuarARTine special episode)